Public Art (Now)：Out of Time, Out of Place

Thefaceofpublicartischanging.Inrecentyears,anewgenerationofartistshasrejectedthemonumentalscaleandmassappealofconventionalpublicsculpture,insteadfavoringunconventionalformsthatdisruptratherthanembellishaparticularlocation.PublicArt(Now)isthefirstsurveyofthemostinfluentialformsofthepastdecadethatareredefiningthepracticeofpublicarttoday.Some40keyprojectsfromaroundtheworldarehighlighted,withdetaileddescriptionsandinstallationandprocessshots.Interviewsandquotesfrompractitioners,commissionersandcommentatorsrevealthecontextforeachproject,whileanintroductionsetsouttheconceptual,practicalandethicalissuesraisedbythework.Thisdynamiccombinationofprojects,placesandpeopleisbothamust-havereferencebookforart-worldspecialistsandanaccessibleintroductiontothesubject.AmongthefeaturedartistsareMikeKelley,FrancisAlÿs,Superflex,PaulChan,SusanPhilipszandTheasterGates.