Public Art

Public art:Art in
outdoor space
Art production
• Public Art was dominated by monuments to heroes and
religious landmarks.
• Public Art requires collaborative work and engages the
services of different types of people, such as artists, architects,
engineers, plumber, civic leaders, community residents design
professionals, funding agencies and construction teams.
• Public art has the capability “to engage audiences and create
spaces, whether material, virtual, or imagined where people
can identify themselves by creating renewed reflection on
community, the uses of public space and our behavior within
them”. Its shape can be abstract or realistic (or both), and it
may be cast, carved, built, assembled, or painted.
Types of public art
• Community-based art refers to artistic activity based in
community setting. Works of this type can be any medium,
such as founf objects, objects from nature like or leaves that
are found in the community.
• In the Philippines, we take pride of Alma Quinto, Pangasinan-
born artist, who has dedicated her life to art-making in
different communities of women, children, urban, poor, rural
people, ang many other types of communities. During arts
month in February 2015, she had a collaborative project with
C.P. Garcia community in Quezon City, the art named Build at
your own risk
2. Municipal Art
• Municipal Art is typically located in squares, plaza, or infront
of government buildings, law courts, airports, public
museums, or academic institutions. The purpose of this type of
public art is to instill patriotism and nationalism among the
community members. National Artist for Sculpture, Eduardo
Castrillo’s The Heritage of Misamis Oriental Monument in
Cagayan de Oro is an example of Municipal art. It is located
infront of the Provincial Capitol of Misamis Oriental at the
Vicente de Lara Park (McArthur Park), a popular jogging area
with age-old mahogany trees and the Press Freedom
Monument.
3. Land art
• Includes monumental earthworks that interact with
nature and the environment. Reg Yuson’s artwork,
Specific Gravity is an awesome display of balance
and engineering ingenuity. He uses site and space as
the primary material for his works.
• Juan Sahid Imao’s Kasaysayan bawat oras is a 16-
meter interactive sundial and educational playground.
It is surrounded by seven paper-like dolls
representing the 7,100 islands of the Philippines.
4. Architectural art
• Decorates the façade, orchard or enclosed concrete structure
where large number of people converge. It forms part an
architectural structure or compound.
• Seb Chua’s Eastwood Modern Heroes, it occupies the center
part of Eastwood City cyberpark and is surrounded by
skyscrapers that serve as residential units as well as Business
Process Outsourcing and Call Center offices. Seb din not only
put the human figures high on pedestral. He also put giant
rings with birds that seem to be flying around.
5. cOMMemorative monuments
• Are sculptures, whether individual or group of people who are
honored for heroism or for participation in historic events.
• People Power Monument by Eduardo Castrillo, a group
sculpture commemorating the People Power Revolution of
1986. It is located at the corner of Epifanio de los Santos
Avenue (EDSA) and White Plains Ave. in Barangay Camp
Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
• Wire Tuazon, made a commemorative public art entitled
Amphibian. It reminds us of the shanties along river banks
that were washed away by the floodwaters from three concrete
water reservoir embankment hydroelectric dams: La Mesa,
Angat and Binga.
6. Design-based public art
• Is decorative and is usually located in parks or commercial
centers. The design or theme matches the building and its
surroundings to achieve unity because the artwork is viewed in
relation to its natural and man-made surroundings.
• Leo Gerardo Leonardo’s Balanghai, is like a vessel with
masts and sails that represent Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao. It is
kinetic sculpture that moves with the wind when it blows.
7. Campaign-inspired public
art
• This public art promotes an idea by making visible reminders
to the public. An example is the Boysen KNOxOUT Project:
EDSA series on the San Lorenzo Wall between Ayala and
Pasay Road, Makati by Jose Tence Ruiz; the pylons and
parapets of the MRT on Ortigas, Pasig by B+C; the Aurora
Cubao underpass, Quezon City by Tapio Snellman; and under
the southbound flyover on Tramo, Pasay by Erika Tan
• Boysen KNOxOUT is a paint company that promotes a
revolutionary air-cleaning paint that turns toxic air pollutants
into harmless residue that washes out rain.

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