Research On Urban Sculpture In Changzhutan

Public art has played an important role since the integration of Chan gsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan (simplified Changzhutan as below). Urban s culpture as a part of public art, is the cultural accumulation, a microcosm of history and the representation of time spirit. However, there is no any c omprehensive and systematic research on Changzhutan urban sculpture at home and abroad. Compared with environmental sculpture research in B eijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Wuhan, the research in Chang zhutan is lagging behind. Therefore,it's significant for the integration ins tructions of Changzhutan to systematically investigate and deeply study t he urban sculpture in the city of Changzhutan.Based on the thoughts above, the paper will through the four aspects let others know the aesthetic features and development laws of urban scul pture in Changzhutan, in the meantime, which makes others find out the s ituations and the problems of constructions in urban sculpture there. What 's more, the paper can give some operational advice for public art's devel opment and urban civilization of Changzhutan and also supply the referen ce for the constructions of Changzhutan and even others cities.First, know the history of urban sculpture in Changzhutan, which ge nerally has 4 stages:incubation period, formation period, development pe riod and integration period. The incubation period is from founding of ne w China to the ending of Cultural Revolution while political propaganda was relatively strong on some square sculpture and decoration sculpture. Formation period is from Reform and Opening-up to the early 90s of 20th century while urban sculpture developed fast with the boom of economy, and formed multi-level memorial, decorative and practical pattern. The de velopment period is from early 90s in 20th century to the beginning of 21 st century while urban sculpture emphasized the environment and public with the improvement of environment and public awareness. Nowadays, t he integration of Changzhutan bring new opportunities and requirements for the development in urban sculpture, which is in integration period and has effect on improving city environment, creating city landscape, pass o n the city culture, enrich city life and push forward city civilization. Seco nd, investigate the situations of urban sculpture in Changzhutan, includin g distribution of location, art form classification and conditions of instruct ion and management and so on. The urban sculpture of Changzhutan mai nly scatters in shopping mall, landscape zone and important parks in Cha ngsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan. Existed urban sculpture has exploration in different degree on material used and thesis choosing. So classifying the p attern of urban sculpture is one of the parts in the paper. Third, introspect the existed problems in urban sculpture in Changzhutan. It's obviously th at urban sculpture has lots of problems after knowing the history and situa tions in Changzhutan's urban sculpture. The main problems are poor mate rial, rough work, outdated technology, narrow eyesight, low-level innovat ion and bad management and so on. Fourth, imagine the development stra tegy of Changzhutan urban sculpture. For better pushing the development of Changzhutan urban sculpture, we should break up the straggle manage ment and establish the unified offices for urban sculpture in Changzhutan. Then draw up the development regulations and detailed ways for urban s culpture in Changzhutan which is responsible for affairs, just like project, planning, implementing and management and coordinate relationships wit h related departments. For assuring the financial source for construction o f urban sculpture in Changzhutan, we can draw lessons like Percent Art fr om developed countries that establish Changzhutan Public Art Foundatio n; and give suggestions for situations and planning region of future.In sum, drawing up the effective regulations and guide lines through r esearch of Changzhutan urban sculpture will lead it to the comprehensive, coordinated, orderly and characteristic development. Only if improving t he construction of urban sculpture in Changzhutan, it will represent the ti me spirit and successfully complete new historical task.