Articles by Meg Floryan

The Nature of Art: Blueprints

by Meg Floryan | Aug 27, 2010

The Nature of Art: Blueprints

by Meg Floryan | Aug 27, 2010

As a visitor walking around an art venue, it’s refreshing and pleasing to stumble across green spaces. Open-air and enclosed courtyards featuring lush vegetation and bubbling fountains, outdoor terraces and …

The Nature of Art: Footprints

by Meg Floryan | Aug 24, 2010

The Nature of Art: Footprints

by Meg Floryan | Aug 24, 2010

It’s hip to be high-minded these days. In the cultural spheres, showing awareness of environmental concerns can prove to be a savvy PR move, and architectural firms and museum committees …

The Nature of Art: The Bigger Picture

by Meg Floryan | Aug 20, 2010

The Nature of Art: The Bigger Picture

by Meg Floryan | Aug 20, 2010

We’re accustomed to porticoed Greek temple-style museums, white-walled galleries, conspicuous label texts, a high level of organization, and clearly-defined thematic spaces. For those of us who are city-dwellers, we expect …

The Nature of Art: On Closer Inspection

by Meg Floryan | Aug 19, 2010

The Nature of Art: On Closer Inspection

by Meg Floryan | Aug 19, 2010

Popular opinion concerning the relationship between technology and the environment is of great interest to me; my own graduate research focused on its treatment in mid-century American children’s book illustration. …

Gastro-Vision

The Nature of Art: Let’s Situate Ourselves

by Meg Floryan | Aug 16, 2010

Gastro-Vision

The Nature of Art: Let’s Situate Ourselves

by Meg Floryan | Aug 16, 2010

Get to the root of the matter. Plant an idea. Sow the seeds. Call it what you will — the environment, biosphere, landscape, wilderness, terra firma, mother earth, etc. — but nothing …

Flash Points

Interactive and Participatory Art

by Meg Floryan | Jun 3, 2010

Flash Points

Interactive and Participatory Art

by Meg Floryan | Jun 3, 2010

“Our advanced art approaches a fragile but marvelous life, one that maintains itself by a mere thread, melting into an elusive, changeable configuration, the surroundings, the artist, his work and …