Temporary Art and Public Place: Comparing Berlin with Los Angeles

The Author: John S. Powers is an artist and scholar, born in California, educated in the USA and Europe. In 1986 he began to produce art in Berlins public spaces. After realizing more than 30 significant art and public place installation artworks in Europe and the United States, he became the first practicing artist to receive his Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) at the University of the Arts in Berlin, Institut Kunstwissenschaft und Ästhetik.

• Content: «Art - Place - Space» in Berlin and Los Angeles – Aspects of Public Art – Kunst im Öffentlichen Raum – Art and Public Place – Art History – Visual Art – Installation Art – Sculpture – Kunstwissenschaft und Ästhetik – Cultural Geography and Urban Studies in Europe and USA.