Public art is all around us. We see it through architecture, gardens, murals, and sidewalk chalk, billboards, etc. I believe that public art is for those who seek public art and those who don't. Public art only has a message if you seek it out. Public doses so much for the community. Public art highlights the surrounding area and attracts new people to the site.
Totally, public art is there for everybody, but if people don't seek for it, the art will have no meaning. It will serve as no purpose. But for the person that seek it, and want to understand the message, public art will make sense, be attractive, and like you said, highlight the surrounding areas, attract people.
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