PACIFIC STANDARD MAGAZINE
By Tom Jacobs
Now, new research concludes that, at least in the case of visual art, the actual location where you’re viewing it matters. It finds people are more appreciative of artworks if they see them in a museum, as opposed to a prosaic space like a laboratory computer screen. A research team led by University of Vienna psychologist David Brieber reports viewers tend to respond differently to ambiguity in a museum setting, striving to understand more rather than turning away in frustration. “The museum context promotes that people engage with, and delve into, the ambiguity in artworks and invest more time on resolving it.” “Our results suggest that time and context constitute more than framing dimensions for the experience of art,” the researchers write in the online journal PLoS One. “Context affects the experience of art.”[link]
Sunday 15 June 2014
Art Museums Foster an Appreciation for Ambiguity
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