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

在现代美学和艺术理论中，普遍存在着将美和艺术视为独立自主的倾向。然而;今天，我们明白，有必要考虑艺术在与社会的关系中的功能。考虑到目前的情况，我们设立了“艺术与公共领域（艺术中的“公共性”）”这一课题，并一直从事这一课题的研究。在我们研究的第三年，也是最后一年，我们发表了一份综合报告，报告了所有研究者的论文。在我们的研究中，我们从两个方面着手：一是在理论上厘清“公共性”的概念，二是在实践上考察和分析公共领域在各个艺术领域的实际情况。双方的研究实际上是同时进行的，并有一定的相互对应。在理论方法上，在讨论“公共性”概念的历史变迁的同时，也阐释了当前美学和艺术理论对“公共性”概念的更多认识。在实践方法上，我们做了相当多的个案研究，例如分析“公共艺术”等现当代艺术中的“公共性”阶段、博物馆内外的展览方式、艺术项目对“公共性”的贡献、早期电影在艺术与公共领域的意义、“公共性”在日本艺术教育中的定位等。通过这些研究，我们发现“公共性”的概念本身正处于转型阶段，各种属于艺术的中介功能在艺术文化的各个阶段都越来越引起我们的兴趣。艺术中的“公共性”主题涉及面太广，涉及的阶段太多，我们无法给出明确的答案。然而，把我们所有的叙述放在一起或从各个角度进行比较，我们可以对主题有所启发，并为未来的研究做出贡献。少

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