Artifact #7:Runquist Response

Objectives

  1. Learn about public funding for the Arts.
  2. Examine public art’s role in capturing history and place-making.
  3. Explore the relationship of cultural values to civic dialogue, beautification and identity.

Original Post: Runquist Response

While I was viewing the two murals about the development of arts and sciences, they reminded me of the article, “Public art controversy: Cultural expression and civic debate” by Erika Doss. By the definition discussed in the articles about the public art, “Public art is artwork in the public realm, regardless of whether it is situated on public or private property, or whether it is acquired through public or private funding; public art can be a sculpture, mural, manhole cover, paving pattern, lighting, seating, building facade, kiosk, gate, fountain, play equipment, engraving, carving, fresco, mobile, collage, mosaic, bas-relief, tapestry, photograph, drawing, or earthwork. ” (Doss 2), public art is a familiar art form in the society, and murals are of course one of major public art form.

As a public art form, mural is an easy-to-read art form. Even common people can read the murals from many specific details to understand what the artist wants to express. In the first mural, which is titled with Development of the Arts, it is structured by a tree and its limb. At the bottom of the mural, there is a man in the center of the root, which might represent the human’s history and the origin. In the soil, there are some plants and flowers growing and surrounding the plants, human beings are spinning, making pottery, and painting in the cave. These are always seen as the beginning of art in humans’ history. From the bottom to the top, it showed a history how human develop art from ancient time. Furthermore in the second mural, which indicates the development of the Science, it is clear that this mural has a similar structure with the other mural Development of the Arts. there are also some plants grow from the soil, while the difference is those plants are crops than flowers. From the panels from bottom to the top, the agriculture, iatrology and later manufacture, are mainly showed as the main theme.

As discussed in the article, because the public art are “usually located in visible public spaces, organized by public committees, frequently funded by public dollars, and intended for multiple audiences,” public art can always be defined as” the product of public feedback” (6) That might be why people like considering issues by viewing and reading public arts. For example, comparing with the mural Development of the Arts, the other mural, the Development of Sciences, there are fewer women in the whole picture. In science aspect, men are always seen as the majority of the pioneers in hundreds of years. That is, in this mural, the issue of diversity, especially about the diversity relating with gender, need to be considered. not only the time that when the painter painted this mural, but also the time when specific samples described in the mural happened, the issue of gender diversity was clearly showed in this public art.

From the analysis about the public art work in this week, I learned a lot about how one public art work can show the issues happening at that period and as Doss discussed, “Grounded in conversation, dialogue, and often debate, public art can serve as a symbol of civic examination, prompting further debates about community needs, hopes, and histories. As an instrument of public conversation, public art
can become a catalyst for civic and national revitalization.”(10).

Doss, E. (2006, October). Public art controversy: Cultural expression and civic debate. Retrieved from http://www.americansforthearts.org/pdf/networks/pan/doss_controversy.pdf

Reflection:

This week we talked about the public art. Before taking this course, I have been to the museum several times while I have never noticed that there are two murals there. These two murals describe the development of art and the development of science from generation to generation. From doing this week’s research essay, I generally leaerned how public arts fund and the public art’s role in capturing history and place-making. Many public art, like murals and some painted chinaware and potteries, play an important role in history to tell descendants and historians what happened that time and how people at that time think about.

The importance of public art also related to the culture values. Public art show how the society and civic dialogue, beautification and identity are formed.

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Future Goal:

By learning about the public art, in the future, I’d like to learn more about the public art and pay more attention on them. By that I believe I can learn not only how they mean art works, but also as some aspects that can tell us the story happened at that time.

Table of Contents:

Main Page

Artifact #1: Life Values Assessment

Artifact #2: What is Art for?

Artifact #3: Is Food Art Essay

Artifact #4: Adornment

Artifact #5: Horror Discussion

Artifact #6:Enjoying Horror Research

Artifact #7:Creative Spirituality

Artifact #8:Runquist Response

Artifact #9: Art, Games, and Technology Research

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