Public & Private
Public art is presented in public places where everyone could freely
access the artwork. It is funded with public or private money from the
government. Usually the artist creates a public artwork to commemorate
a history of an event that occurred at a certain location. Public art is site
specific.
Private art is art that only a few individuals are able to look at, they're
also artworks in galleries in museums where you would most likely have
to pay for entry. Private art is art you would not want to show the whole
world, maybe to your close friends and family.
(I will be showing public art since everyone could access it and see it rather than pay
for it. Private are was defined to show the difference between public and private art.)
An example of public art:
Brian Tolle: Irish Hunger Memorial. The artwork
is focused on the Great Hunger that occurred in
1845-1852 where many Irishmen died from
eating
bad,
blighted
potatoes.
Irishmen
immigrated to Ellis Island, NY and this memorial
site can been seen from that island. An abandoned
cottage with a potato field was built on the
memorial to replicate history during the Great
Hunger. Any person can visit it and it highlights a
historical event that people can look back on.
Brian Tolle: Irish Hunger Memorial 2012.
Sculptural landscape.
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