At 14:30 on April 12, 2013, “Public Art and Social Development “Forum was held. Professor Hang Jian from China Academy of Art gave a speech of “public within the aesthetic city”. He said: “During the development of aesthetic city, Public art became a part of urbanization, a shell of public and was influenced by commercial factors. It will become much more dangerous under the authoritarian system. The characteristic of authoritarian system is making decisions without fully absorbing most of the opinions and decisions. It is often through the power exchange, interests exchange to achieve a so-called art style or public action.”
“Public artists are the city’s wanderers. City is the best place for them to live in seclusion. It allows them to roam or wander freely. In this way, art may produce a kind of transcendence above the normal value. Of course, the generation of art original state must follow public and community, closely fit with people’s willing and community needs.” |
