Introduction
With the Infrastructure Public Art commissioning programme, the critical role of the Local Authority in providing supports, and a knowledge base operating from ground level outwards, will be demonstrated.
The civic role of the local authority and the arts can be traced back to the Early Renaissance, to the powerful series of frescoes painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in 1338, titled ‘The Allegory of Good and Bad Government’. Located in the council chambers of the Town Hall in Siena, the frescoes were commissioned by the town council, The Council of Nine. The series is considered one of the foremost secular paintings in the history of art. A utopian vision of urban and rural society, it illustrates a set of ideals by which to govern and thus to live, depicting paradigms of good ways of living in society, by championing industry, culture, the arts, agriculture and commerce.
For a number of years, Fingal County Council has established a reputation for facilitating unique opportunities for artists to explore its towns and communities in new and meaningful ways, and to tell stories about where and how we live now, through projects that
