Visiting art exhibitions: considerations about the aesthetic reception

Abstract

This article presents results of the research titled “Life Narratives of Users of the Psychosocial Support Center: The aesthetic reception and the experience of visiting artistic exhibitions” that explores the aesthetic reception and the experience of visiting two art exhibitions of an user of a Center of Psychosocial Support of Santos. An intervention research that used field diaries prepared by the researcher who accompanied one of the user participants to two artistic exhibitions. For analysis, the following analyzers were built: Who does the art of the museum serve? and Aesthetic Reception: a unique experience. Although the exhibitions aim to cause an impression on the audience, the aesthetic reception is produced in a unique way for each subject according to their life stories, experiences, knowledge, among others. This article explains some of the effects of this aesthetic reception, by one of the users participating in the research driven by the contact with arts, which was made by approximations with her daily life and her experiences producing sensations and encounters.

Keywords:
art; aesthetic reception; mental health