This thesis looks into the interaction between museum collections and viewers,and the vitality of the exhibited objects from the perspective of the agency of works of art,proposing the idea of art nexus in art museum based on the theory of the agency of artworks by Alfred Gell.Among the art nexus formed by curator,collection,prototype and audience,the collection and its prototype work as agents through abductive mechanism that encourages the audience to find out the cultural biography of the objects in exhibition.The history of the art museum as the institute for conservation of the works of art plays a part of its cultural biography.What analyzed above recommends that the exhibition context favorable for viewers to trace cultural biography of works of art should be created as a bridge well connecting the viewers and the exhibits.
Anthropology of Artagencyart nexuscultural biographyabduction
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