近年在台灣，藝術進入社區、藝術介入社會的案例愈來愈多，形式也豐富多樣。從以藝術作為抵抗或體驗的工具、透過藝術的學習以改變人，到以藝術作為轉化、帶動地方發展的力量，甚至透過藝術進行社會改革，藝術在當代社會的角色、功能，逐漸受到重視，也成為民主社會的表徵。台灣藝術介入或參與社會的現象，除了接收西方前衛藝術思潮，也與1987年解嚴，1990年代開啓的社區營造、公共藝術設置、文化公民權的倡議有關。
無獨有偶的，香港在1997年主權移交之後，由於政治上的劇烈變化，民間力量崛起...
In Taiwan, in recent years, as art finds more and more ways to interactwith society at large, the role and function of art in our modern day society
have become increasingly valued, seen as the symbol of democracy.
Aside from its historical roots in the western avant-garde art movement, this phenomenon is also closely related to the lifting of Taiwanese martial
law rule in 1987 as well as the emphasis on community building, the implementation of public art and the demand for cultural civil rights, which
began in the 1990s.
In Hong Kong, after 1997, with the drastic changes in political environment came the rise of the power of civil action....
