Installation works (Art) (Genre/Form Term)

Art & architecture thesaurus online, May 22, 2018 (installations (visual works); variants: installation (visual work); installation works; installation art; note: Works dating from the 1960s or later that use their exhibition space as part of their design. Demanding a viewer's active engagement, installations are often created by artists in direct opposition to the notion of permanent artwork, or art as a commodity.)

LCSH, May 22, 2018 (Installations (Art); UF Installation art; BT Art, Modern--20th century; Environment (Art); NT Film installations (Art); Multimedia installations (Art); Site-specific installations (Art); Sound installations (Art); Video installations (Art))

The concise Oxford dictionary of art terms (2 ed.), Oxford art online, May 22, 2018 (Installation; Installation art is an assemblage or environment specifically created for a particular interior (very often a gallery) ... Whereas early Installations were viewed as temporary, many are now intended to be permanent and are viewed as collectable.)

The Grove encyclopedia of American art, Oxford art online, May 22, 2018 (Installation (Environment); Installation art; Term used to describe an art construction or assemblage erected in a particular space. Installation art encompasses a broad range of media, styles, definitions, practices, and origins, but it is most commonly associated with artworks since the 1950s that have called attention to the physical spaces that contain them and incorporated those spaces as important formal components that are integral to a viewer's experience of the work. The term includes, but is not limited to, sculpture, light, sound, video, or performance pieces, and architectural, environmental, or assemblage constructions ... Implicit in much installation art is an assumption that it has been created to occupy a very particular space (whether as part of an exhibition or on its own); one that the viewer is meant to enter physically.)

Thesaurus for graphic materials, May 22, 2018

Art constructions or assemblages that use the physical space where they are displayed as part of their design.