What is site-specific art?
Each artist selects a site from various landscapes and habitats throughout the Garden. Once a site is selected, most artists design a work based on their impressions of the site. Occasionally, artist find sites that lends themselves to preexisting designs they have had for which they have never found an appropriate site. In both cases, the installation is generated as a result of the relationship between the site and the artist’s vision. Therefore, the design is intended specifically for the selected site. As such, the installation is typically referred to as site-specific sculpture. Site-specific distinguishes this type of creative endeavor from the more typical sculptural works that are designed with no specific spatial context in mind, created in the studio and placed in either an indoor or outdoor location. Such works can be sold and relocated. Site-specific works must remain on the original site. What is nature-based art? Nature-based denotes that the sculptures are created from n
