I would say, after reading Kwons thoughts.. that if an artist is to create a site specific.. public based artwork.. he or she would either have to consult the greater community to determine what would or would not be socially accpetable.. as in Ahearns work you have an artist with a clear concept, but at the same time he has created a work of controversy by bringing to the fore what people consider to be the ill-begotten stereotypes that the public do not want to be exalted...
On the other hand with serras work you have a great trial with discussions on democratic public art where only a small minority of people were consulted before its contruction rather than the greater community who were the ones continously exposed to it.. i suppose it depends on ones discourse.. whether they care enough about the general public to consult them or even include them in an artowkrs construction, or they abandon them altogether and let the artwork in all its interruptions speak for itself...
i think the general public are inherently oblivious to the comings and going of artistic trends, so why not disrupt them once in a while to make them question things...whether or not they even know why they are questioning it... or you could assimilate a site specific artwork for the benefits of the public.. i suppose it depends on how much you like people...
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