JULIA LOSSAU: Kunst im Stadtraum. Zum Verhältnis von künstlerischen Selbstverständnissen und stadtentwicklungspolitischen Erwartungen

Public art. On the relationship between artists’ perspectives and development policy expectations

In the face of global economic restructuring, culture-led regeneration and development have gained a key role in strategies for dealing with the urban crisis. With city authorities competing globally to promote their cities’ images, public art programmes are increasingly touted as capable of achieving a wide range of social and cultural outcomes, thus helping to provide a new economic base in post-industrial settings. As a consequence, urban theorists have come to discuss public art mainly in strategic or instrumental terms. It is, however, questionable whether such a perspective is suitable to engage with the self-absorbed and idiosyncratic nature of many artistic practices. Against this background, this paper attempts to explore the specific rationality of artists who work in the urban realm. Departing from qualitative interviews with artists working in Scotland, the relationship between artistic perspectives and the expectations of city authorities will be discussed. In this way a more comprehensive understanding of public art in the context of urban development can be achieved.

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