environmental art

American  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• environmental artist noun

Etymology

Origin of environmental art

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Keira Hart-Mendoza, a 38-year-old artist from Bethesda, said she wanted to create an environmental art exhibit to showcase how much trash people create and its impact on nature.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2019

It was a wrenching four minutes and 33 seconds of environmental art — the earth stopping turning yet the harmony of the spheres unaffected, thus increasing the value of the ground on which we stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2019

Maysles also continued a longtime working relationship with artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, whose process for creating monumental environmental art the Maysles Brothers documented in several films beginning in the 1970s.

From Washington Times • Mar. 6, 2015

Across from the state Capitol in Montpelier, a little ways down the road, she had installed a 12-ton mound of environmental art.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2013

Contemplating this massive piece of environmental art, they wonder at the human compulsion for "weaving traces on the land like so many scars".

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2013