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• Students will consider the relationships between architecture and sculpture. • Students will look at a range of public art in their local community. • Students will consider the relationship between the members of a community and the public art located in that community. • Students will consider the relationships between public and private in large-scale sculpture and architecture. • Students will create a proposal for a work of public art that reflects their community, is interactive, and addresses the differences between public and private, interior and exterior spaces.
Art:21 Web Site • Stone Carving— Martin Puryear interview & clip • Charlie Brown— Richard Serra interview & clip • Vietnam Veterans Memorial —Maya Lin art work • Wave Field—Maya Lin art work • Roden Crater— James Turrell interview & clip Additional Web Sites • http://www.artandculture.com/arts/movement?movementld=1025 About Public Art • http://www.artsresourcenetwork.org/public_art/ Public Art Resources • http://www.publicartfund.org Public Art Fund • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/visualarts/ Richard Serra "Tilted Arc" controversy • http://www.art-public.com/ Art Public, Online International Public Art Resource Classroom Materials • Sculptural and/or Installation Materials • Images of architectural facade and interiors
• What are the similarities and differences between sculpture and architecture? • What are the ways that sculptors and architects influence each other? • How do we as individuals embody an interior and an exterior, public and private selves? • How are the public and private accommodated in architecture? In sculpture? • What is a façade and how does it relate to architecture, to sculpture, to individuals? • What does a façade reveal or hide about interior space?
Shaping Space View Art:21 Segments on Martin Puryear, James Turrell, Richard Serra, and Maya Lin. How does each artist shape interior and exterior space? Have students describe the similarities and differences between the interior and exterior spaces each of the works the artists create (Maya Lin's Vietname Veterans Memorial, Turrell's Rodin Crater, Puryear's Untitled Sculpture at Oliver Ranch, Serra's torqued ellipses and other public sculptures). What does the exterior of their artwork reveal about the interior? Conceal? What are the ways the works are interactive? How is the public encouraged to interact with each work of art? What private experiences might a viewer have with each work of art? Have students imagine themselves interacting with each of the different works of art and ask them to individually write about the ways each of the spaces might feel, smell, sound, etc. (Time: One 45 minute session) Art in the Public Find examples of public art in your community, whether they are public monuments, murals, or sculptures. Ask students to visit these individually or as a group trip. Ask them to walk around the art, and if possible, through it, to listen to the differences in sound when they are on different sides of it, to consider the materials used to create it and how the materials relate to the site on which it is located. If possible, have students talk to local people about their reactions to it or find newspaper stories about the work from when it was first installed. Ask students to create collages or assemblages that combines the research they have done with personal observations and documentation they have collected. (Time: Two 45 minute sessions) Looking at Architecture Make a survey of buildings in your town or city. Pick a specific street, neighborhood, or area that has a range of different kinds of buildings including residential, commercial, public offices, etc. for your students to explore. If possible, have students look at both the building interiors and exteriors and ask them to document their findings in writing, photographs, and sketches. How does the public façade of an architectural structure relate to its more private interior? Who is allowed access to the inside? Under what conditions? When is a façade intended to keep people out and when does a façade invite you in? Which interior spaces are designed for public interaction and which ones for private use? Metaphorically, how does the relationship between façade and interior resemble a human being? Ask students to consider how buildings, whether public or private, relate to the works discussed in the first exercise. What are the similarities and differences between sculpture and architecture? What are the similarities and differences between public and private space in each? (Time: Three to four 45 minute sessions) A New Proposal With your class, identify a vacant parcel of land or an appropriate local site for the development of a public work of art. Working in teams, have students develop a proposal for the site that incorporates an interactive element for the public. Have students consider how the art will reflect the character or identity of the community in which it is located, including its interests and needs, as well as the appropriate materials that will express their ideas. Have each sculpture incorporate exterior and interior elements that allow the public to interact with the work. Have each team create a model for proposal that will be presented to a panel of judges who will represent the community. (Time: Five 45 minute sessions to long-term project)
• Have students articulated an understanding of the relationships between architecture and sculpture? • Have students looked at a range of public art in contemporary art and in their local community? • Have students considered the relationship of the public to public art? • Have students articulated an understanding of the public and private aspects of architecture and large-scale sculpture? • Have students created a proposal and model for a work of public art that reflects their community, that is interactive, and that addresses the differences between public and private, interior and exterior space? Find out if this lesson plan correlates to your state's education standards! On PBS TeacherSource do a search for "Art in the 21st Century" and click on the Standards Match icon.
While this lesson looks at the artists Martin Puryear, James Turrell, Richard Serra, and Maya Lin and considers their use of public and private, interior and exterior space, it can be altered or combined with other lessons to form a unit such as: Honoring Heroes & History The Face of Fame Personal Stories in the Public Model Homes Did you use this lesson or generate your own activities based on ideas inspired by the lesson? Submit student art work, new lesson plans, and your comments to Art:21 and have them posted on the site. Help the Online Lesson Library grow!
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