Art and City: Permanent Public Art in Prague after 1989

In Czech Republic the change of political system naturally generate interest to public space. The efforts to produce good public space is more and more apparent. Art, systematically abused by communistic ideology, still stays in margin of professional interests. What are the new realizations in Prague after 1989? Which urban context are they installed in? What is their connection with context? Are they generators of identity or are they objects to be ignored? In the countries with developed democratic system the quality of public space is more and more emphasized. Lot of successful realisations prove the meaningfulness of effort to make the cities better place for life. People and civic associations elaborate new strategies in function and development of public space. Permanent public art, systematically supported from 60s of 20. Century, is one of the layers in the city. In the last decades the sense of public art for the city is taken in question. The support is moved to the ephemeral public art, work with communities and in the specific social context.