公共艺术以大为美是否走到尽头?

The End of Large Size-oriented Trend of Public Art?

近年来，英国成为世界范围内利用大型公共艺术建设促进旅游，拉动地区经济的成功典范。1998年落成于英国纽卡斯尔北部的《北方天使》（Angelofthe North）就是其中最具知名度的案例，每年吸引着超过15万旅游者慕名前来，极大地促进了所在地区的知名度和经济发展。英国也由此在大型公共艺术建设方面形成了一条集策划、设计、施工和宣传于一体的产业链，新推出的作品不断打破着高度、重量甚至造价的记录，呈现一派繁荣之势。但是近一段时间以来，从专业评论家到普通民众逐渐开始质疑，“大”究竟是否一定就代表“美”？巨大的公共艺术作品是否虚掷了资金并造成安全隐患？这种作品愈来愈大的趋势究竟要发展到什么程度？

Recently, the large-scale public art works in Britain have been queried and criticized. Large size is the superficial reason for the attack. The real reason is that large-scale public art works have gradually deviated from the original intention of public art and become a pure display of building technology and operation efficiency. By analyzing four perspectives, namely, the market saturation, non-religion, confusion with architecture and social separation, the article points out that the large-size public art work will face a critical turning point.