International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. Том 10. 2003. С. 203-220
The article is devoted to the study of one of the types of the practice of communi- cative behavior - artistic communication. The relationship between the artist and the viewer is analyzed on the basis of the interpretations of philosophers, who represent the modern aes- thetics of pragmatism. These contacts appear as an aesthetic, artistic experience, formed in certain social conditions and necessary in the practical life of a person