Public Art

What is Public Art?

Public art is usually staged in a public domain that is accessible to everyone, in multiple media. It has a significant impact in the space it being exhibited, the potential community involvement and collaboration.

Lesson Objectives

To know more about Public art and artistsTo be able to design and create ideas

towards their own art worksTo begin to think about variety of materials

and innovative planning and design towards creating a public art piece

Examples of Art and Artists who have created Public art pieces

Anthony Gormley Angel of the North  Gateshead Steel According to Gormley, the significance of an angel was three-fold: first, to

signify that beneath the site of its construction, coal miners worked for two centuries; second, to grasp the transition from an industrial to information age, and third, to serve as a focus for our evolving hopes and fears.

Claes Oldenburgand Coosje van Bruggen

Spoonbridge Cherry 300x250 Minneapolis Sculpture Garden  Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

-Stainless steel and aluminum painted with polyurethane enamel29 ft. 6 in. x 51 ft. 6 in. x 13 ft. 6 in. (9 x 15.7 x 4.1 m)

Juxtaposing everyday objects to transform a space, uplift and make the viewer experience and perceive a space differently

Jaume Plensa, Canada, ‘Wonderland’. Represents human potential and humanity.

Solar Powered public art Installation This temporary environmental public artwork, named Co2 Led art. By artists Jack Sanders, Robert Gay

and Butch Anthony, was designed with Arlington’s environmental initiative FreshAIRE

-Five-hundred twenty-two solar-powered LEDs on rods, each topped with a reused plastic bottle

Discussion questions

-What unique design would you choose to create for a Public art piece and why?-What would it be made from?-Where would it be and why?-What is the meaning behind the creation?

Task/Activity

*Design a series of your own public art pieces-15 mins

*Share the work you have done with the class, with feedback, what has been successful, further improvements-5 mins