As a site-specific work of art is designed for a specific location, if removed from that location it loses all or a substantial part of its meaning. The term site-specific is often used in relation to installation art, as in site-specific installation; and land art is site-specific almost by definition.
Site-specific
The term site-specific refers to a work of art designed specifically for a particular location and that has an interrelationship with the location
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Selected artists in the collection
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Ai Weiwei
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Olafur Eliasson
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Doris Salcedo
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Richard Long CBE Silence Circle Big Bend Texas
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Doris Salcedo Shibboleth I
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Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds
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Tate Modern
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The Unilever Series: Olafur Eliasson: The Weather Project
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Tate Britain
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Mark Wallinger: State Britain: Duveens Commission
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Tate Modern
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Exhibition
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Tate Modern
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The Unilever Series: Tino Sehgal 2012
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Tate Modern
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Tate Modern
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Tate Modern
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9 Oct 2007 – 6 Apr 2008The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo: Shibboleth: Turbine Hall annual commission at Tate Modern
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Tate Modern
Exhibition
The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site
10 Oct 2006 – 15 Apr 2007The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site, Turbine Hall installation
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Exhibition
The Unilever Series: Bruce Nauman: Raw Materials
12 Oct 2004 – 2 May 2005The Unilever Series: Bruce Nauman: Raw Materials past exhibition at Tate Modern 2004
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Tate Modern
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The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas
9 Oct 2002 – 6 Apr 2003The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor, Marsyas - past exhibition at Tate Modern
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Tate Modern
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The Unilever Series: Juan Muñoz: Double Bind
12 Jun 2001 – 10 Mar 2002Juan Munoz Double Bind at Tate Modern
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Tate Modern
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The Unilever Series: Louise Bourgeois: I Do, I Undo, I Redo
12 May – 26 Nov 2000The Unilever Series: Louise Bourgeois: I Do, I Undo, I Redo; 2002 exhibition at Tate Modern
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Tate Liverpool
Exhibition
Project Space: Kara Walker: Grub For Sharks: A Concession to the Negro Populace
1 May – 31 Oct 2004Project Space Kara Walker Grub For Sharks A Concession to the Negro Populace past exhibition at Tate Liverpool 2004
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Tate St Ives
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Adam Chodzko: Proxigean Tide: Proxigean Tide
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