Curation Videos

The Lowdown On Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art- This movie is about pop surrealism, also known as lowbrow to the artists. Is tells the story of the evolution of lowbrow and its relation to abstract expressionism, or highbrow people. This movie interviews artist such as The Pizz, Lisa Petrucci, Nicole Steen, and Braineater. The term lowbrow is explained by the artists throughout the movie and then explains how the art relates to people and appeals to the masses. The movie discusses pop culture and the references used in lowbrow art. Artist Robin Williams plays an important part of the lowbrow culture, as the inventor of the word. The main concept of the movie is the idea of lowbrow art and the part it plays in modern culture.
Displaying Modern Art: The Tate Approach- This program studies the intellectual and artistic issues connected with the display of art. The movie explores these  issues through the Tate Modern Art Museum. The video illustrates how Tate curators developed a new method utilizes theme-based museum sections. The movie explores the chronological history of modern art and the museum. The Tate museum has a thematic way of displaying art. It displays are in four sections. Landscape, still-life, history, and the nude are the four themes used in this museum. The idea is that in each section an overarching principle provides a theme. The thematic approach allows curators to pull works from all over. This makes the museum extremely popular because they are a museum for everyone.
 

Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology-This program spotlights the strain between scientists, historians, museum curators and Native American groups. In examining this debate, the program offers an excellent survey of Native American archaeology in the U.S. One of the main arguments featured in the video is between anthropologists and the native American people . Native American feel that the bones that scientists collected as modern scientific curiosities should be returned to their ancestors.  Scientist feel this would be a terrible loss of information.  Maria explains her fight for the bones of  a Native American who is taken for study after a road construction crew discovers the body.  She believes that the Archeologist are discriminating against Native Americans by only studying their bodies.  On the other hand, Scientists learn a lot about today's health problems by studying the remains of human beings. By study these bones, scientists could benefit future knowledge by studying the past.  In New York a museum has opened to honor the American Indian. Native Americans were given the tasks to create displays that would "write history right". The Native Americans can take control of what is said about them through this museum.

George Eastman House: Picture Perfect- This program explores the Eastman’s colonial revival mansion in Rochester, New York. This museum is now the oldest photography museum in the world. George Eastman is credited for creating the first affordable camera and became known as the father of popular photography. This museum, established at his home, hold 14,000 amateur and professional photographers. It is also on e of the world' premiere motion picture achieves.  The collection includes all types of photographs from obscure to fine art. George Eastman's main goal was to make photography accessible to everyone. He founded the Eastman Kodak Company and his "Brownie" camera revolutionized photography. He also created a film stock that became the film industry standard.  The George Eastman house offers a variety of means to access collections that celebrate the art, technology, and impact of photography and film.

2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Exhibition project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not. These videos actually helped me to get an idea for my exhibition. I don't really see how the first video related to the creation of my exhibition but the video on the Tate museum really helped. It helped me to understand what makes a successful exhibition. The exhibition must have a theme that appeals to a wide range of people so that you can get many viewers into to see the art and introduce them to pieces of art they would have never had the opportunity to view and discuss. Exhibitions are about expressing a theme through visual explanations and I really wanted to create exhibition that can express the theme of emotions, particularly rage to a wide range of people.

3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of the art concepts you practiced while creating your curation project? The films helped me to focus on the foundation of the project. The four videos introduced to me to a variety of exhibitions. Some museums have many exhibitions and other museums focus on one theme so they are technically one exhibition. The exhibition can  focus on a theme, such a landscape, or a media, such a George' Eastman photography museum.  The videos added depth to my understanding by introducing me to the variety that lies behind the word Exhibition.