Public art photos
Public art has been commissioned and put in place for
thousands of years, with a view to educate, record,
commemorate or to promote an idea. In the past
few years it has also been used to engage or surprise
the viewer and for this reason it has a value rather
different to that of sculpture, although there is
significant overlap between the two
Small sculpture in the Bastejkalns Park, Riga, Latvia crouches
by the side of the path near to the fountain, as if just about to jump in