But Is It Art?

Not all art is displayed in a museum. For example, yarn bombing or guerilla knitting grew out of a movement in Texas to use up old yarn. Today, city dwellers might walk outside to find trees, bike racks, or even mail boxes covered by intricately knitted covers. The result is colorful, fun, and easily removed. However, other street art-such as graffiti-isn't seen as so harmless. Through fact boxes and pointed questions, the main content asks readers to consider whether such displays are, in fact, art. Full-color photographs and a lively layout enhance the artistic concepts addressed.

When viewers walk into an art installation, it may transport them to the bottom of the ocean, the moon, or even a child's bedroom. Installation art changes how viewers see the space they're in. It takes a lot of time and conceptualization to create installation art-yet some people don't consider it genuine art! Readers are introduced to how installations are created and what they may be made up of, as well as both views on their legitimacy as art. Critical thinking questions combined with full-color photographs engage readers visually and intellectually-just as a good art installation would!