Art and the Public Sphere (The "Publicness" in Art)

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There was a widespread tendency to regard beauty and arts as autonomous in the modern aesthetics and art theories. However ; today we understand that it is necessary to deliberate the functions of art in the relationships with society. Taking the current condition into account, we set the subject "Art and the Public Sphere (the "Publicness" in Art)" and have been engaged in researches on this subject. In this third and the last year of our research, we published a comprehensive report of the essays written by all the investigators.In our research, we approached the subject from two sides : first, theoretically clarifying the concept of "Publicness," second, practically investigating and analyzing the actual conditions of the Public Sphere in various fields of art. The researches have been actually made from both sides at the same time with some mutual correspondence. In the theoretical approaches, while the historical transition of "Publicness" as a concept has been discussed, the reco … More gnitions of this concept in the current aesthetics as well as art theories have been illuminated. In the practical approaches, we have made quite a few of case studies, for instance, the analysis of the phases of "Publicness" in the modem and contemporary arts like "Public Art," the methods of exhibitions in and out of museums, the contributions of art projects to the "Publicness," the meanings of films in the early days in the Art and Public Sphere, and the positioning of "Publicness" in Japanese art education. Through those studies, we find that the concept of "Publicness" itself is now in the transitional stage, and that all sorts of mediation functions belonging to the arts are arousing more and more our interests in every phase of art and culture. The theme of "Publicness" in Art ranges over so many fields, and includes so many phases that we couldn't reach clear answers. However, with putting all our accounts together or comparing them one another from every point of view, we could shed some light en the theme and contribute to future studies. Less