Every day, while walking, running or riding, we pass by murals, sculptures and other works of art. We rarely pause to take a look. Accessible art is public art, freely available for everyone to enjoy. Public art connects us with our past, via political and historical artworks . It combines our history with current environmental and social issues and looks into our future.
Public art strengthens our sense of place.
Many universities and businesses display public art on their campuses. Land in Sight - Come to Zurich or Chicago's Cows on Parade , the horse objects in Lexington's Horse Mania , the Rhode Island Potato Heads, the moose in Toronto's Moose in the City or Louisville's migrating birds, called the Flock of Finns . Solutions that are pragmatic as well as poetic give a site a meaningful and dynamic sense of place for us all to experience. Or Gunnar Anderson , who uses sunlight and wind in her sculptures to conjure up our joie de vivre . Other public art artists integrate functional and high-tech components into their works, like Buster Simpson 's temporary prototypes or Brian Goldbloom 's designs, created with the motorist in mind.