Arts Question

 

Download the attached template and use it to respond to the assignment below. Your response should be in your own words.

Step 1: Review the two links above (PBS CultureShock and Smarthistory) that discuss Richard Serra’s work entitled Tilted Arc.

Step 2: Write a short response that does the following:

1. Summarize the controversy over Serra’s Tilted Arc (1-2 sentences).
2. Explain what you think should have happened in this situation (1-2 sentences).
   • Was the outcome right, or was a disservice done to one or more parties involved?
3. Address some or all of the questions at the end of the Smarthistory essay (2-3 sentences):
   • Should public art be practical? Provocative? Beautiful? Brash?
   • Who is the audience for public art?
   • Who gets to have a say in the process of commissioning new art?
4. Compare Serra’s Tilted Arc to Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, which we studied in Lesson 2.1 (2-4 sentences):
   • What are some similarities between these works?
   • In what ways are they fundamentally different?
   • What are the most urgent concerns surrounding Spiral Jetty?
   • Which type of work is more precarious and vulnerable: a fabricated public work like Tilted Arc, or a natural earthwork like Spiral Jetty?

Your response should be approximately 125-175 words long, but quality is more important than length.

Links:

 https://www.ted.com/talks/haas_hahn_how_painting_can_transform_communities 

 https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/tate/women-in-art/women-activities/a/women-activities-delve-deeper-into-art-with-this-activity 

 https://smarthistory.org/richard-serra-tilted-arc/ 

 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/visualarts/tiltedarc_a.html 

 https://smarthistory.org/christo-and-jeanne-claude-the-gates/ 

 https://www.learner.org/courses/globalart/theme/11/ 

 https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/public-art 

 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history/ancient-art-civilizations/ancient-near-east1/sumerian/v/standing-male-worshipper 

 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/ancient-near-east1/sumerian/a/ziggurat-of-ur 

 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/a/stonehenge 

 https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/c/community-art