中央美院教授王中曾将城市雕塑作品的功能归为七点:发现功能、拯救功能、沟通功能、提升经济活力、推动社会和谐、增强社区认同以及促进文化繁荣。文献显示,上世纪七八十年代的西方国家,比较看重城市雕塑作品对于城市形象的塑造,以及提高城市竞争力等外在的价值;近年来,发达国家更为看重的是公共艺术的潜在价值:提升城市的宜居环境、激活城市活力、增进邻里关系、反映社区价值以及身份认同等等。当下,我国的城市雕塑作品仍然仅停留在打造城 Wang Zhong, professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, has classified the functions of urban sculptures as seven points: discovering functions, saving functions and communicating functions, boosting economic vitality, promoting social harmony, enhancing community identity and promoting cultural prosperity. The literature shows that western countries in the seventies and eighties of the last century valued the external values ​​of urban sculpture in terms of urban image and urban competitiveness. In recent years, the developed countries value more the potential value of public art : To enhance the city’s livable environment, activate the vitality of the city, enhance neighborhood relations, reflect the community value and identity, and so on. At present, the urban sculpture works in our country still only remain in the city