One of the most interesting installation artists we have discussed this year I believe is Andrea Zittel. In the early 1990s, Zittel created art that would help her within her surroundings. She created functional objects that fulfilled the artist’s needs relating to shelter, food and furniture. Zittel produced her first “Living Unit” which was a structure intended for living simple and compact. This structure measured 200 square feet and was put in her Brooklyn storefront apartment. This creation became so popular by 1999 the Public Art Fund commissioned her to created a site for Central Park. The same year Zittel created a 44-ton floating island moving across the coast of Denmark, she lived on it for a month experimenting in isolation. In 2005 Zittel received the Smithsonian America Art Museum award and the Lucelia Artist Award. She now lives in California and is represented by the Andrea Rosen Gallery.
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