Wide-ranging and timely, The Practice of Public Art brings together practicing artists, curators, activists, art writers, administrators, city planners, and educators from the United Kingdom and United States to offer differing perspectives on the many facets of the public art process. The Practice of Public Art examines the continual evolution of public art, from monuments and memorials to socially engaged public art practice. Topics include constructing new models for developing and commissioning public art works, understanding the challenges of public art vs. public design, and unraveling the relationships between public artists and the communities they serve. The Practice of Public Art offers a diverse perspective on the complex nature of public art in the twenty-first century.

Reviews

"For university collections and other institutions, this important work is indispensable." Joni M. Palmer, Public Art Review

Contents

Foreword

Section One: Out of Theory

Cameron Cartiere (Birkbeck College, University of London): Coming in from the Cold: a Public Art History

Suzanne Lacy (Otis College of Art and Design): New Genre Public Art a Decade Later

Jane Rendell (University College, London): ‘Space, Place and Site in Critical Spatial Arts Practice’

Maggie Adamek (University of Minnesota) and Karl Lorenz (University of Minnesota): ‘Public Art and the Contest of Democratic Space’

Malcolm Miles (University of Plymouth): 'Critical Spaces: Memorials and Reparations, Memories and Changes'

Declan McGonagle (University of Ulster): Defining the Public in Public Art

PLATFORM: Public Art as ‘Slow Activism’

Section Two: Into Practice

Shelly Willis (University of Minnesota): Restructuring the System – Commissioning Public Art

Terri Cohn (San Francisco Art Institute): As Rich as Getting Lost in Venice: Sustaining a Career as a Public Artist Andrew Leicester, Buster Simpson, John Rgnes Denes

Stephanie Johnson (California State University, Monteray Bay): Teaching public art practice USA

Faye Carey (Chelsea College of Art and Design, London): Teaching public art practice UK

Carrie Moyer (DAM!): Public Art for a Political Audience -- From Margin to Mainstream: Dyke Action Machine!

Regina Flanagan (Landscape Architect, St. Paul Minnesota): The Sometimes Uneasy Relationship Between Public Art and Urban Design

Kristin Calhoun (Public Art Manager, Portland, Oregon): Supporting Temporary Public Art

Thinking Like a Public Artist: Interviews & Manifestos --, Siah Armajani's, Group Material, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Harrell Fletcher, Ben Rubin, Janet Zweig and Mark Dion

Section Three: Public Art History Timeline

Author Bio

Cameron Cartiere is a lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London in the department of Arts Policy & Management. She has lectured extensively on public art issues and contemporary art practice and is the co-author of...