ROLE of AUDIENCES in VISUAL ART

This study is about the position of the audiences in visual arts. the place of audiences and the art continously encounter changes in the course of arthistory relevant to the relation between them and the art oworks. therefore the issue continued to be handled since half century with the audience infront of the picture towards participant audience who create new relation areas before the art works.the participation process which started to shape in early 20th century, accelarated after 1960s with the trends and formations and became more spread todayb therefore the audience profile is formed with mona lisa that is taken as a basic sample but the participant audiences are formed with various art works since 1960s. this process revealed that the profile of the audiences are transformed from a passive position to an active position, became more independent before tha art work and got closer to the artist.