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

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

From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2022

As early as 2007, the Chicago-based curator and early supporter of environmental art Stephanie Smith cautioned that a glut of superficially righteous exhibitions could give hits of easy virtue to viewers and museums alike.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022

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

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