Art and Architecture

Abstract

The last twenty years have seen fascinating developments in the nature of collaboration between artists and architects and in the approaches taken by artists making work intended for public spaces. These sophisticated projects go far beyond the standard 'art for architecture' remit, limited as it is to the addition of 'artworks' to already designed buildings, the work described here invites us to rethink the reputation that public art has acquired over the years amongst both the public and the artists themselves. Timely and wide-ranging, "Art and Architecture" explores the proliferation of recent pioneering work by both artists and architects that seeks to blur traditional boundaries between the two fields. Looking back to precedents in land and community art by artists from Robert Smithson and Walter de Maria to Mierle Laderman Ukeles and Joseph Beuys, Rendell discusses international projects by artists including Tacita Dean, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Paul Pfeiffer and Rachel Whiteread and architects as varied as Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, Diller + Scofidio and Shigeru Ban. She visits 'site-specific' artworks, interventions into existing buildings, galleries operating outside their physical limits and the best of collaborations between the fields. More than a survey, however, "Art and Architecture" also draws on the work of thinkers from Walter Benjamin to Michel de Certeau to probe the meanings of place, space and site.

Facilitating Spatial Negotiation: a pragmatic approach to understanding public space

“…Thus, instead of spatial thinking, I employ the concept of spatial negotiation that necessarily takes place between people. A critical spatial practice is situated between the disciplines of art and architecture, investigating their modes of operation while drawing attention to the wider social and political problems (Rendell, 2006). Such investigation can use creative means, such as painting in this case, to facilitate and reflect upon how things are done.…”

Performance and urban space: An ambivalent affair

“…Site-specific interventions could here be seen as a critique of the capitalist and exclusive art institutions by proposing other, less elitist and more inclusive (for example public), sites for art. However, referring to Kwon (1997), Rendell (2010) argues that site-specificity should not be seen as an automatic signifier of criticality.…”

KAMUSAL SANAT VE KÜLTÜR EKSENLİ KENTSEL DÖNÜŞÜM/Public Art And Culture-Led Urban Regeneration

“…Kamusal sanat alanındaki literatüre genel olarak bakıldığında, kamusal alanda sanatın mekânın estetik kalitesinin iyileştirilmesini içeren fiziksel boyutu ile ilgili beklentiler (Hein, 2006;Rendell, 2006;Sharp vd., 2005), kentin ekonomik faaliyetlerinin iyileştirilmesini içeren kültür ekonomisi ve yaratıcı ekonomi temelli faaliyetlerle ilgili beklentiler (Fleming, 2007;Florida, 2002;Landry, 2000), toplumsal boyutta kimlik ve sosyal iletişim/etkileşim hususlarına temellenen toplumsal beklentiler (Deutsche, 1996;Finkelpearl, 2000;Grodach, 2008;Şengünalp, ve Doğruer, 2017) ve son olarak sembolik ekonominin oluşması ve sembolik değer 3 yaratımı için kültürel ve sembolik gereksinimlerin karşılanmasına yönelik beklentiler (Lacy, 1995;Miles, 1997;Senie & Webster, 1998) olmak üzere çok çeşitli sosyo-politik, ekonomik ve kültürel beklentilerin kamusal sanat üzerinden de tartışılmakta olduğu görülecektir.…”