Public art and public space. An approach to the study of "audiences" of public art

Abstract

This article proposes an approach to the study of the publicness of public art through the idea of the public sphere. Firstly, it is presented the public space and public art ideas for the initial understanding; secondly, it is linked the public art with the idea of public sphere according to Hauser's pro posal and the interlocutor publics’ idea. Finally, general methodological procedures and key dimensions are outlined; those which allow accounting for the main elements that mediate with and among members of the public through the idea of public sphere.