Abstract: With the coming of the consumerism, the modern popular culture develops many different characteristics, one of which is the prosperity of the public art. It is the dedifferentiation of popular culture that blurs many dividing lines and partly expedites the birth of the public art in modern meaning. From some perspective, in essence, the public art is also a part of popular culture. Basically, it is characteristic of popular culture, and makes itself or popular culture become a kind of the sharing culture, melting into the daily life of the broad mass.

Key words: popular culture, public art, consumerism