Alloway, Lawrence
The public sculpture problem
Studio International, 184 , October '72, p123-4
1972
Comprehensive examination and questioning of 'art in public places' and its opposite - public sculpture(art); the artist's style as content is not sufficient for public sculpture; norcan the artist be the exclusive donor of meaning; the formation of idioms is necessary; review of the failed Peter Stuyvesant 'City Sculpture Project'; problems of vandalism; review of the "Sculpture in the Environment", New York and the Venice Bienale 'Scultura nella Citta' pieces looked stranded and isolated; description of the New York Public Arts Council project in which the community was the client may be the way forward . (seminal article)
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