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Transformation of Museum Concept as an institution and Art for Visually Impaired

  • Journal of History of Modern Art
  • 2018, (43), pp.225-247
  • DOI : 10.17057/kahoma.2018..43.009
  • Publisher : 현대미술사학회
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Art > Arts in general > Art History
  • Received : April 23, 2018
  • Accepted : June 3, 2018
  • Published : June 30, 2018

Choi Byung Jin 1

1한국외국어대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The present study aims to examine the transformation of Museum Concept as an institution and the new role of the audience at the museum after Protests of 1968 where makes a social process work. The theoretical proposal of Henri Rivière about the ecomuseum that aimed at sustainable development of society, the strategy of the museums on the communication was changed. The participation of audiences in the role of the stakeholders improved the public interest. In this way, another institutional form of museum of Art is also developed: alternative space or open museum where the institutions became a social process work. This situation makes to see the socialmember’s particular situation, for example, the Visually Impaired at the museum of Art. The Homer State Tactile Museum at Ancona creates social dialogues between normal members and Visually Impaired making the experience of participation simultaneously at the exhibition. Proceeding from what has been said above, the museum is a useful instrument of social intervention that make the development of the local community. And this study has also shown that the change of viewpoint of the museum can be one of the influential elements on the idea of Art, obviously opening a new prospect in the field of art & art criticism.

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