environmental art

noun

1. artistic works that are planned, often on a grand scale, to surround or to involve the participation of the spectator.

Other Word Forms

• environmental artist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of environmental art¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

A work of environmental art by Mary Miss has evaded demolition — for now.

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Eleanor Flomenhaft, who frequently showed Ms. Lehr’s work at her Manhattan gallery, said that Ms. Lehr took her environmental art seriously, consulting with a biochemist and a marine biologist on some works, and that her enthusiasm was infectious.

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Just outside town, you’ll find Tom’s Wall, an astonishing piece of environmental art.

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“Lucy’s show was the gateway to visibility, the start of a career for me,” said Mary Miss, a pioneer in environmental art, who used corrugated paper to make an imposing construction of concentric circles that filled an entire room at the Aldrich.

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When environmental art exhibitions occur at institutions with funding that undercuts their professed ideals, those exhibitions become a smoke screen for the ethical dissonance of the art world.

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