Unfamiliar objects in familiar places

The public response to art‐in‐architecture

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12340641
AutoresSteven J Tepper (Princeton University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2000
Volumen6
Número2
Páginas283-316
Fecha de publicación2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Cultural Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1028-6632 • E-ISSN: 1477-2833
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10286630009358125
OpenAlexW1985778307
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas26

Over the last three decades the federal government, through its Art-in-Architecture program, has funded more than 200 permanent art installations in cities throughout America. This study examines the public response to a sample of 41 such public art projects and attempts to illuminate the factors that lead to official or organized conflict. Findings suggest that controversies are most likely to erupt over abstract art placed in relatively small cities and cities experiencing high rates of population growth. This is especially true when the community is not asked to participate in the project in any meaningful way. And although artistic freedom is the norm, in a few cases, community participation led to editing of provocative or challenging content from a proposed artwork

Aesthetics · Art · Public art · Sociology · Visual arts · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Public Spaces through Art · Visual Culture and Art Theory · Architecture