<P> Installation art came to prominence in the 1970s but its roots can be identified in earlier artists such as Marcel Duchamp and his use of the readymade and Kurt Schwitters ' Merz art objects , rather than more traditional craft based sculpture . The `` intention '' of the artist is paramount in much later installation art whose roots lie in the conceptual art of the 1960s . This again is a departure from traditional sculpture which places its focus on form . Early non-Western installation art includes events staged by the Gutai group in Japan starting in 1954 , which influenced American installation pioneers like Allan Kaprow . Wolf Vostell shows his installation 6 TV Dé - coll / age in 1963 at the Smolin Gallery in New York . </P>
<P> Installation art came to prominence in the 1970s but its roots can be identified in earlier artists such as Marcel Duchamp and his use of the readymade and Kurt Schwitters ' Merz art objects , rather than more traditional craft based sculpture . The `` intention '' of the artist is paramount in much later installation art whose roots lie in the conceptual art of the 1960s . This again is a departure from traditional sculpture which places its focus on form . Early non-Western installation art includes events staged by the Gutai group in Japan starting in 1954 , which influenced American installation pioneers like Allan Kaprow . Wolf Vostell shows his installation 6 TV Dé - coll / age in 1963 at the Smolin Gallery in New York . </P>
when did the genre of installation art start to gain acceptance
when did the genre of installation art start to gain acceptance
in the 1970s
in the 1970s