| Plop Art - The Concept | | | | inabilities to take an environment-oriented |
| Plop Art is a negative term, used to describe | | | | approach for generating a relationship between |
| Public Art from different genres, like Abstraction, | | | | Public Art and Architecture. Conservatives liked it |
| Modernism, or Contemporary Artworks, mostly | | | | because anyone could create anything, even |
| sculptures, created in the front of office buildings, | | | | appalling, meaningless, and abstract, requiring no |
| corporate plazas, parks, and other public venues. | | | | talent and skill. The word "plop" itself is a negative |
| The masses did not appreciate Plop Artworks, as | | | | one, meaning flop or something undesirable |
| they were considered unattractive or unsuitable | | | | dangling. In addition, the negative parlance of Plop |
| for their installation places or the related | | | | Art was associated with its creation mostly at |
| surroundings. | | | | public expense. |
| Plop Art - The History | | | | Conclusion |
| Alexander Calder's (American - 1898-1976) | | | | Of late, the supporters of public art funding have |
| sculpture 'La Grande Vitesse' set up in Grand | | | | revived this term. The book Plop: Recent Projects |
| Rapids, Michigan, in 1966, is considered as the | | | | of the Public Art Fund celebrates the success of |
| turning point in the art history. It got a great | | | | the Public Art Fund. Public Art Fund is a non-profit |
| response and created a huge impact on the city's | | | | organization based in New York. Doris Freedman |
| urban renewal process. Among the mixed | | | | (1928-81), the then Director of New York City's |
| reactions, full of criticism and appreciation, the | | | | Department of Cultural Affairs, and the President |
| artwork led to the invention of a whole new | | | | of the Municipal Art Society, founded it. The |
| industry of 'Plop Art.' The term 'Plop Art' referred | | | | organization encourages the works of visual arts |
| to any large object or sculptures placed, mostly | | | | throughout the New York City. It helps |
| inaptly, in the front of public places. Through its | | | | commission, install, and exhibit such pieces. Public |
| intrinsically random tilt, 'Plop Art' shows the ability, | | | | Art Fund has also helped finance many publicly |
| creativity, and imagination of the related artists to | | | | placed works of art in the recent years. Many of |
| use a space in a way to dominantly affect | | | | these pieces are now liked, although they were |
| (positively or negatively) the local people. | | | | considered as "plopping" at the time of their |
| According to Artnet.com, American artist James | | | | installation. Many Contemporary Art movements, |
| Wines (born 1932) coined the term Plop Art, in | | | | like the land art, environmental sculpture, and |
| 1969. The term was considered both, progressive | | | | site-specific art, are considered a counter to the |
| and conservative in its relevance. Progressive | | | | Plop Art. |
| artists criticized the Public Art because of its | | | | |