Outside art and insider artists: Gauging public reactions to contemporary public artNathalie Heinich

“The modernist era was marked by a continual breaching of distinctions regarding what is or is not art, and the breakdown of the hierarchies which had traditionally demarcated them…How then, do we determine what constitutes art and judge different historic works?”

Vera Zolberg and Joni Maya Cherbo, Introduction to Outsider art: Contesting boundaries in contemporary culture

Robert Buren, Les Deux Plateaux at Palais-Royal, ParisFrom http://www.delairedanslart.fr/art-contemporain/musee-fabre-montpellier-sauve-qui-peut-daniel-buren-est-partout/attachment/lescolonnesdeburen_021/

Christo, Wrapping of the Pont-Neuf Bridge, Paris, 1985Photograph by Wolfgang Volz, National Gallery of Art

Common arguments raised in the rejection of public art

[Sexual] morality Preservation of cultural heritage and the integrity of

historical monuments Artistic authenticity

Public reactions towards

contemporary art

Dennis Oppenheim, Device to Root Out EvilImage from http://unusual-architecture.com/device-to-root-out-evil-vancouver-canada/

Michael Zheng, The STOP, Charleston Park, Vancouver