Meaning and meaning-making : an exploration into the importance of creative viewer response for art practice

Empirical research suggests that gallery and museum audiences have a strong propensity to make sense of artworks by understanding what the artist ‘means to say’, or what the ‘encoded message’ of a work might be. Conversely, many contemporary artists subscribe to the idea that observers may (or even...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jozwiak, Jörg
Published: Goldsmiths College (University of London) 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.616511