Contemporary art

5 pages long double-spaced, in 12-point, Times New Roman font (approximately 1800 words). Choose one of the following two prompts on which to base your paper. The paper must be accompanied by images of all the artworks you discuss, and must include the final word count at the end of the text.

Throughout the class we have discussed different ways in which artists have sought to intervene in public space. This paper will focus specifically on artists engagements with architecture, and how those engagements help them reimagine the spaces in which we live. Focusing on the work of Andrea Zittel and Rachel Whiteread, discuss how each artist approaches the relationship between architecture, space and dwelling (or habitation). What are the similarities and differences between their practices? What kinds of individual or collective life does each practice imagine? In short, what does it mean, for these artists, to dwell? Your paper must discuss a minimum of two works by each artist.