involve the viewer
Does "involve the viewer" in the sentence below mean "to engage and participate the viewer in the artwork"?

Sentence:
For avant-gardists such as these, the project was to produce an art-engagé that would both involve the viewer and develop his or her political understanding.

Question

involve the viewer
Does "involve the viewer" in the sentence below mean "to engage and participate the viewer in the artwork"?

Sentence:
For avant-gardists such as these, the project was to produce an art-engagé that would both involve the viewer and develop his or her political understanding.

Answer

Correct!

One small extra thing, though:  it’s wrong to say “participate the viewer”. Instead we would say something like “make the viewer participate”.