Art is a connector for all humans, not just artists and their world. Whether the audience realizes it or not, local art is a force that often brings people of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles together. Cities as diverse as New York City benefit from the constant stimuli of art. Art takes multiple forms in urban spaces, including graffiti, murals, art museums, and commemorative statues. Within the article Reframing Public Art: Audience Use, Interpretation, and Appreciation, author Harriet F. Senie narrows her research in on the interaction of statues and their audiences. While Senie’s interpretation of audiences contributes to her overall message, she does not consider all possibilities surrounding the influence that public
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By receiving various responses from the audience of public art, she made her argument for the man-made beauties in resident’s every day lives. With a title called Reframing Public Art, Senie is attempting to persuade her readers to be swayed in their own opinions about how they view public art. She encourages readers to look into the deeper meanings of public art. Once a reader is looking past the obvious function of art, they can begin to appreciate the multiple uses that monuments have. “Functioning variously as photo op, street furniture, playground, kiosk, or meeting place; understood in terms of the already familiar or linked to known references from visual culture, public art is reframed by its immediate audience to fit the parameters of everyday life” (197). While her word choice and examples start to convince readers, expanding her research would have aided Senie. Including recognizable statues, travelling to different cities, or even just different New York boroughs could have catapulted her statements. To conclude, Senie did a fantastic job of persuading her reading audience to believe in her opinion about the importance of public art. However, narrowing her focus hurt her rather than help her. Investigating into the beautiful nature of public art within other mediums, boroughs or cities would have put her strong arguments on
By receiving various responses from the audience of public art, she made her argument for the man-made beauties in resident’s every day lives. With a title called Reframing Public Art, Senie is attempting to persuade her readers to be swayed in their own opinions about how they view public art. She encourages readers to look into the deeper meanings of public art. Once a reader is looking past the obvious function of art, they can begin to appreciate the multiple uses that monuments have. “Functioning variously as photo op, street furniture, playground, kiosk, or meeting place; understood in terms of the already familiar or linked to known references from visual culture, public art is reframed by its immediate audience to fit the parameters of everyday life” (197). While her word choice and examples start to convince readers, expanding her research would have aided Senie. Including recognizable statues, travelling to different cities, or even just different New York boroughs could have catapulted her statements. To conclude, Senie did a fantastic job of persuading her reading audience to believe in her opinion about the importance of public art. However, narrowing her focus hurt her rather than help her. Investigating into the beautiful nature of public art within other mediums, boroughs or cities would have put her strong arguments on