Course Description

This course will investigate the ways in which artists have presented narratives in the public realm and the organizations that have made the presentation of those works central to their curatorial practices over the last 40 years. Focusing on recent works presented in New York’s public spaces by Creative Time, The Public Art Fund, the Percent for Art Program, Arts for Transit and other non-profits organizations, this course will look at what it meant to tell stories and open discourses that challenged or interrogated widely-held value systems, the events and the politics of their time. In addition to the specifics of current and other key works and projects, we will discuss the conditions that governed the development of public performance, temporary and permanent installations, the ways in which those works were influenced by public approval processes and governmental agencies, media coverage and community response. Each student’s final project will be an on-line proposal for an exhibition that conveys a “narrative“ developed in the context of this course, referencing other relevant works .

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Creative Time Response -- Ezra Xia

Ezra Xia
Public Art: The Domestic Violence Milk Carton
Artist: Peggy Diggs
1992
Diggs posted the message "when you argue at home, does it always get out of hand?" On milk packages to address the issue of domestic violence. She was inspired by a woman in the supermarket telling her that the supermarket is the only place her husband will let her go alone. She was a victim of domestic violence. She is currently serving her time in prison because she ended up killing her husband.

Public Artt: Clouds
Artist: Vik Muniz
2001
Muniz hired a skywriter to draw a series of cartoon clouds over Manhattan over a period of four months in 2001. It brought millions of viewers smiles. Muniz's goal was to recreate what people do with clouds from the beginning of human history, the idea of "visualization comes from within the observer." Clouds are amusing and a method of forecasting.

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