Public Art in Adelaide takes many shapes and forms, for example, a painting a sculpture a fountain, a performance or a personal work. It can be indoors for example: public spaces of a bank, a hall, a church or outdoors for example: a street, on a fazade of architecture, parks, home and gardens courtyards in rural areas or busy cities and in various shapes, sizes and materials. It can also be permanent and weather durable or temporary and brief like an ice sculpture or performance. Numerous styles of public art are looked at and according to the commissioner's necessities and needs they may be displayed. Public art can also be in the form of a memorial, to serve the purpose of communicating a special someone or a historical contemporary event in history. .
The role of art in public places, both historic and contemporary coexisting, in city environments has long been recognised as a significant part of a city's character. Public art enhances and enriches the daily life of individuals during their working day or at leisure time. It creates a strong emotion for people who enjoy walking through cities and learn and are entertained by the fun idems, creative ideas or historical importance depicted in public art. I was incredibly very surprised when I attended an excursion to the city of Adelaide to look at public art because I noticed for the first time how much of an impact public art really had on me and the beautifying effect of my city. .
I closely analysed three artworks. The series of "Bronze Leaves- by artist Catherine Truman on the David Jones building on North Terrace, Bert Flugelman's "Silver Balls- in the Rundle Mall and 'A Day Out' a series of four bronze pigs by Marguerite Derricourt also in the mall.
I researched the commissioning process when a city council or a governing body invites effluence's a firmly incorporated artists, craftspeople, art workers and designers to submit a design to the Art for Public Places program.