The mainland’s first art exhibition for the visually impaired, titled “Touching – from Louvre Museum to Beijing World Art Museum,” opened MondThe exhibition helps the visually impaired appreciate art by encouraging them to touch the works on display.
“By touching, visually impaired visitors can create a picture in their minds, while volunteers standing next to each artwork can hlp out by offering instructions and providing background information,” said Cyrille Gouyette, the exhibition’s curator from the LouvrMuseum in Paris.
There is also blind tracks for visually impaired guests, audio guides and instructions in Braille.
The exhibition, meanwhile, allows “sighted” visitors to experience art in a different way.Touching enables them to notice more details in art works, such as the position of facial muscles, which are often missed by the eyes, Gouyette said. “They can close their eyes and focus all their attention on their sense of touch,” she said“Touching” features 18 replicas of famous sculptures in the Louvre colction, including Venus de Milo, a representation of classical female beauty; Borghese Gladiator, considered one of the best representations of the male body; and Michelangelo’sThe Rebel Slave which shows the power of emotion in art.
The exhibits are divided into five sections ?“effort,” “racing,” “flying,” “dancing” and “falling” – which depict the various techniques and facial expressions that artists over the centuries havin sculpture.
