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PDF (1.2mb)  Who is the artist? Barbara Westermann What is the name of the artwork? Westwall Part II: Migration What materials were used? Concrete sculpture installation Where is the artist from? Germany When was the artwork made? 1989  Barbara Westermann was born in Germany in 1958, and came to the United States in the early 1980s to study art. Before she came to the United States she studied architecture and city planning in Kassel, Germany. Westermann also has a degree in sculpture. Westermann likes to get people involved in her artwork. For example, in some of her artwork, people can walk through the piece. Today, Westermann is an art teacher in Rhode Island.  Westwall Part II: Migration is an example of installation art. This piece is very simple and is made of small cones on top of half circles. These small objects are then placed into a triangle shape on the grass in the Garden Gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. The triangle shape is often associated with peacefulness. Westermann wants the viewer to walk through her piece of art. Westwall Part II: Migration also is about the home and how being at home often makes you feel relaxed. What do the small objects look like to you? What do you think that they could represent? When you look at this piece of art, how do you feel? What do you think the title means? What would you have called this piece of art?  Installation art - A work of art that is created for a specific place, often using materials or physical features from that place. Migrate – To move from one country, place, or locality to another. |
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Barbara Westermann Germany, born 1958 Westwall Part II: Migration concrete sculpture installation, 1989 Gift of the artist 1989.17 © Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego  |
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