The Practical Path and Promotion Strategy of Integrating Chinese Public Art into Urban Communities

Abstract

At the end of the 19th century, foreign powers invaded China, and western culture also entered China along with the army. Western commemorative statues and monuments appeared on the concessions of Chinese cities, which can be regarded as the earliest public art in China. After a hundred years of development, the connotation and practice mode of public art are gradually enriched. Nowadays, public art has become a "bottom-up" and "participatory democracy" practice, realizing the public interest of the community residents through the cooperation of government departments, community residents, and professional artists groups. Based on the "new genre public art" proposed by Susan Lacacy, combined with the advanced community art practice of Japan and Taiwan, China, this paper discusses the practical path and promotion strategy of Chinese mainland public art into urban communities believing that it is necessary to improve from three aspects: the content optimization, the multi-party participation, and the financing expansion of community announcement art.