Metropolis Magazine’s POV blog noted that the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) has progressed in its development of a 100-acre constructed museum park. While Metropolis POV says museum parks aren’t new, ”100 Acres” will be one of the largest in the U.S. IMA says it will also be the only museum park to feature “the ongoing commission of temporary, site-responsive artworks.” According to the museum: “When it opens in June 2010, 100 Acres will present art projects, exhibitions and discussions designed to strengthen the public’s understanding of the unique, reciprocal relationships between contemporary art and the natural world.”
The museum recently released the concepts for eight site-specific commissions. “Atelier Van Lieshout, Kendall Buster, Alfredo Jaar, Jeppe Hein, Los Carpinteros, Tea Mäkipää, Type A, and Andrea Zittel, will create temporary, site-specific works that explore and respond to the varied environments of the Park.”
The site of the IMA park borders the White River and is next to IMA’s 52-acre campus. Interestingly, the site is a former gravel pit, and according to the museum, has ”evolved through natural reclamation into its current state of untamed woodlands and wetlands.” Architect Marlon Blackwell and landscape architect Edward L. Blake, ASLA, worked with the artists to site the installations and create the constructed nature preserve.
Read the article (and see more photos), or go to the Indianapolis web site to see a video.
Image credit: Funky Bones, a site-specific piece by Atelier Van Lieshout. Metropolis magazine / Indianapolis Museum of Art
