Semiotics of art: a heretical approach
Luigi ToiatiFocus, Italy
ART AND PARTICIPATION ... OR PARTICIPATIONISM?
There are two sides to art appreciation which nowadays involves an increasingly broad section of the population. There is the post-war model of art appreciation as a means of educating the “masses”, with enjoyment of the arts extending from a select elite to an ever-growing number of “users”. This trend can be defined as “educational dissemination” and has existed, albeit in different forms, in totalitarian systems too. There is also a “commercial” model in step with globalization, where art appreciation can be defined as...