Why is the viewer's role important in completing expression in art?

The viewer receives and experiences meaning

The governing concept is that artistic communication involves both the maker and the receiver. An artist provides visual, dramatic, musical, or symbolic choices, but the viewer observes them, connects them with prior knowledge and experience, and constructs meaning. The same artwork may create different responses in different viewers, yet interpretation must still be supported by the work’s visible or sensory features. Option A is correct because the viewer receives and experiences the intended or possible meaning, helping expression become communication. Option B is an absurd overstatement, option C denies the communication process, and option D ignores the artwork’s content. The viewer does not replace the artist; the viewer completes the communicative encounter.

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