Public Art and Urban Cultural Identity: An Epitome of Public Art and Culture Corridor in Hangzhou, China

Abstract

Since public art was introduced into China as an exclusive term in the early 1990s, with its own "publicity" and rich art forms, it has rapidly occupied all kinds of public Spaces in the urban development process. However, different from western countries, China's urban renewal has historical particularity. The rapid development of public art in many cities also exposes the decline of urban cultural vitality, single planning, loss of regional characteristics and other problems. At the end of the 20th century, under the overall plan of reshaping the awareness of urban cultural identity, China began to try its best to find a balance between modern urban cultural construction and historical context protection. In this process, Chinese public art gradually developed an art road suitable for its own urban development. Hangzhou's Public Art and Culture Corridor is a typical practice case in this transition period.