随着中国式现代化进程的不断推进,社会主义精神文明建设日益提升,美术事业迎来繁荣发展。其中,依靠社会公共空间来完成艺术表达的公共艺术,因其呈现方式“公共性”和“艺术性”的双重特征及其“多元化”发展趋势,在当前的时空语境中受到社会各界的广泛关注。公共艺术借助公共文化领域开展艺术实践,推动国民对社会愿景和责任感的认识,让更多的非艺术从业者有机会参与和享受到文化艺术的乐趣。从公共空间领域治理的视角切入,综合运用文献研究、实地观察、案例分析等混合研究方法,进一步对公共艺术助力精神文明建设的策略与方法进行探讨,揭示公共艺术除在美学上的独特魅力外,还展示和培育蕴含全人类共同价值的社会文化,倡导培育文明健康的审美意识、公共精神和场所精神产生等多个方面上的巨大作用,以及在传达文化内涵和实现政治意图上的深刻意义,从而通过公共艺术的社会美育的功能性研究助力人民精神文明建设。

With the continuous advancement of Chinese-style modernization and the increasing enhancement of societal cultural-ethical advancement, the field of fine arts has experienced prosperous development. Among these, public art, which relies on social public spaces for artistic expression, has garnered widespread attention from all sectors of society in the current spatio-temporal context due to its dual characteristics of "publicness" and "artistic nature," as well as its "diversified" development trend. By engaging in artistic practice within the realm of public culture, public art promotes citizens' awareness of social vision and responsibility, allowing more non-art professionals to participate in and enjoy the pleasures of culture and art. From the perspective of public space governance, mixed research methods such as literature review, field observation, and case analysis are comprehensively employed to further explore the strategies and methods through which public art contributes to cultural-ethical advancement. In addition to revealing the significant role of public art beyond its unique aesthetic appeal, it has profound significance in multiple aspects specifically in showcasing and fostering a social culture that embodies the common values of all humanity, advocating for the cultivation of a civilized and healthy aesthetic consciousness, nurturing public spirit and sense of place, as well as conveying cultural connotations and realizing political intentions. Ultimately, through a functional study of the social aesthetic education of public art, this paper aims to contribute to the people's cultural-ethical advancement.