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site-specific

[sahyt-spi-sif-ik]

adjective

  1. created, designed, or selected for a specific site.

    a site-specific sculpture.



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When it comes to site-specific works, artists and institutions too often ignore the central part of that phrase.

While Ms. Yukhnovich’s work would be as beautiful anywhere, the grandeur of the Frick—casting the murals as a sort of Gilded Age, hand-painted wallpaper—as well as the proximity to Boucher’s work and other Rococo masterpieces make this presentation a singularly captivating display that fully embraces the specificity of site-specific art.

Adam Stein, director of the nuclear-energy innovation program at the Breakthrough Institute, said the application lacked some site-specific information, such as seismic risk and geology, that Fermi will have to provide regulators.

Since De Vere Mabray’s arrival in 2019, the estate has added more than 30 works and refined its art program to focus increasingly on site-specific commissions.

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The process makes the collection feel a little inconsistent — particularly the pieces that are not site-specific — but also personal and quirkily surprising.

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