Caroline Levine's The Paradox Of Public Art

Caroline Levine's The Paradox Of Public Art

Instructions

Read The Paradox of Public Art by Caroline Levine. Then, respond to the prompts in this quiz.

Below are the response questions that you will find within this quiz.

1. In your opinion, what is one area in which the general public might need a little push from avant- garde design, art, or ideas? Why does it need a push, and what might that push be?

Your response should be approximately 100 words

2. In your view, was it the right thing to do to remove and therefore destroy Serra's Tilted Arc? Why or why not?

Your response should be approximately 150 words.

3. For your final project, will you consider adapting an avant-garde position, style, or topic? In which ways are you comfortable pushing boundaries or putting forth work that might not be immediately accepted, and in which ways might you be less comfortable? Are you drawn to work that might prove difficult, abrasive, or even shocking to an audience? Or would you find it more appropriate to placate, unite, and sooth your audience?

Your response should be approximately 150 words.

4. Levine claims, somewhat hurriedly, that "Architecture is the shaping of space for use. Thus it can be evaluated according to how well it performs its tasks [...] By contrast, since the emergence of the avant-garde, art is defined by the fact that it serves no immediate practical purpose [...] Art is therefore evaluated by strictly non-utilitarian criteria: its creative energy, its sensuous appeal, its potential to disrupt established norms and habits."

Do you view this definition of Architecture as both complete and correct? Why or why not, how or how not? Do you agree with Levine's contrast of this definition of architecture with this definition of art? Why or why not?

Your response should be approximately 200