Comparison Of Daily Goods In The Chinese And Western Public Art

Public Art,known as the important connection of art and society,has a very deep historical social background.Claes Oldenburg is the representative guy in the area,who is best recognized with his large scale replica sculptures of every objects.This thesis will take Oldenburg's artworks as a special aspect to reveal his art viewpoints,especially the idea of taking common objects as public art,and the background of city development and art history in order to give a snapshot of the current condition of Western public art.Meanwhile,the thesis provides a comparison between Oldenburg and Chinese public art which also uses common objects as the themes under the background of the visual tradition and city transform,hoping to figure out the consistency and difference of both. Through this way,the hidden morality and cultural logic may be discovered.Through the discussion,the thesis comes to conclution about the inspirations from Oldenburg's public art that Chinese contempary public art should concern the both the publicity and aesthetic values,while the same time,put an emphasis on Chinese particular visual culture and the connections of surroundings.This theis,though a mainly study on Oldenburg,provides a different view to understand the comprehensive aspects of contempary public art and offers suggestions to further development.