Where should i place the artists' idea?

Sometimes I just wondering a question: what are we seeing in an exhibition? The artist try to express their emotion and desire through the art works, and what are the parts of receiving for the audience? Like some experience in the theatre, if we throw off the posters with the abstract of the show, how many can be understood by us? And what we get is the same as the artist wants to present?

I was walking through the Art center with all the questions above last Sunday. This trip is not normal as before. Missing the performance part of the exhibition and sitting down for the communicating part of the show made us can understand nothing just listen some strange and academic words come out of the artist’s mouth. Staring at the light point, all the audience’s faces come into my eye. What are they thinking about the exhibition and what information they received through the artist’s sentences? All I got is the initial idea of this show which is the mix of the audio and video and internet with some symbol that is considered belong into two generation or group. Actually, I cannot focus on any of these points basing on the questions flying through my mind. It is said that do not ask what they want to be but what you want to get. That made me confused about the significance of the art work’s function. If everyone gets the same idea as the artist want to present, is that a good situation? I don’t think so.

That reminds me of a film which is my favorite “The Butterfly Effect”. There are 6 different endings of the film. One of them is the irreplaceable director version and others are the ones the director thought the audience may like. Although it cannot say that the artists should take the audience’s receiving into consideration, the art work still be a tool to express what the artist want to say. Therefore weather the audience can get the right idea and right information is basing on how clear the way artist present.

Well, the questions of independence and the communication of art come into my mind again, though which is not a new one. Get what we want is my point of view, but where should I place the artist’s initial idea?