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When you hear the word art , you probably think of paintings in galleries or ____________________ in museums . But art isn ? t always inside , and you don ? t always have to pay to see it . In fact , you can view some really interesting art for free in public spaces around the world .
Public art ____________________ ____________________ just making a place look pretty : it can change society . In Las Palmitas , a neighborhood of Pachuca , Mexico , residents worked together with a street art group to paint their ____________________ houses in bright colors . The result was an enormous mural that can be seen from miles away . As the community worked together on the project , they noticed how the art ____________________ joy to their neighborhood . ? In the morning , you wake up and look around and see the colors that surround you , ? said one resident . ? It ? s very pretty . ?


Public art can also send a message . For example , much public art ____________________ ____________________ political and social topics . In 2014 , British artists Paul Cummins and Tom Piper placed 888 , 246 ceramic poppies on the ground around the Tower of London . The temporary display of artwork was in honor of the hundred - year anniversary of the start of World War I . Each poppy represented a ____________________ who died in the war while fighting with the British . The goal was for visitors to think about and remember the soldiers . After several months , the artwork was ____________________ ____________________ , and the poppies were sold to raise money for charity .


Public art can also make people ____________________ of a situation . In 2010 , the Icelandic artist Bjargey Ólafsdóttir created Red Polar Bear on the Langjökull ____________________ in Iceland . It ____________________ the red outline of a polar bear on the snow . The very large bear ? 80 m by 50 m was made out of red food dye . Ólafsdóttir wanted to make people think about the polar bear and how its ____________________ is in danger because of global warming .
Of course , sometimes public art is there ____________________ because its beauty brings people pleasure . One example is the Floralis Genérica in Buenos Aires , a ____________________ metal flower in a pool . It opens every morning and closes every evening . The flower and the pool reflect everything around them . It ? s an amazing ____________________ .