Why is the viewer's participation important in artistic expression?

The viewer completes meaning through personal experience

The governing concept is that artistic communication involves interaction between the artwork and its viewer. An artist provides visual forms, symbols, choices, and a context, but the viewer interprets these through memory, knowledge, culture, and personal experience. This does not mean that every interpretation is equally supported; the visible evidence in the work still guides understanding. Option A is correct because it explains how the viewer contributes to completing or developing meaning. Option B confuses interpretation with physically changing the artwork. Option C incorrectly says that viewing replaces making, and option D denies the communicative relationship that allows art to have significance.

This is a Class 9 Art Education question. Chapter: Introduction to Art. Topic: Art as a form of expression.