While the classical vs. modern debate rages on, public art is one of the sites where it plays out in practice. Public art can be quite difficult to do well - you want to appeal to as wide a constituency of people, but serious art is often specialised and becomes inaccessible.
Singapore seems to do quite well in doing good public art. Changi Airport always has something interesting going on. Below are three other pieces that I really liked:
This brilliant piece recently installed at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. It uses just layers of wire mesh to create a likeness of the man. The artist must have taken years to build up his competence in doing this
This clever installation at Gardens by the Bay gives the impression of figures that are hanging in the air
This quirky piece at a mall was done as part of some robotics demonstration. Screams 'Japanese aesthetic' to me
See http://despoki.blogspot.in/2016/01/many-thoughts-about-art-triggered-by.html for the previous post in the 'art' thread
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