 Public art associations held numerous roundtables and symposia on the Art Decoration law to bring attention to the controversy over whether the true ownership of public art pieces lies between owner of the building or the residents of the building and its surrounding areas.Although public art associations must resolve the controversy that their methods could violate the rights of private ownership, their controversy indicates that civil society has come into Korea.The demand of reform in administrative practices against the government's funding agencies shows that such movements only come from the premise based on the political climate in which the government is forced to remain tuned to public opinion.