Curation videos

Lowdown: This video was about the style called "lowbrow" which is art that is "lacking in taste". I thought of art like this to be sort of like the urinal we saw in the last set of chapters, hard to consider it art. As you look further into it and learn more though the pieces begin to stand out as art because you have a better sense of it. Some people who like this style say they find it easier to relate to than traditional art, I think this is probably because they sometimes have everyday relateable objects in them, or are made my people they can relate to better than an 18th century painter.

Modern Art: This video showed how the art of displaying art evolved and how art came off the walls at a certain point and actually into the viewers plane. It talked about how the Tate museum organizes the art in their galleries in ways that would be interesting to the viewer, as in sticking a piece somewhere it doesn't seem to fit, so it would catch the viewers attention.

Contention: This video talked about how if a Native American body is found, historians study the remains to learn about their people, whereas if a caucasian body was found they would just bury it. It ended saying that many native American bodies are now being returned to their families instead of being picked over by scientists. I don't think this was really related to art, however it was very interesting and made me question many things.

Eastman: This video was about George Eastman who was considered to have started photography. They went inside his house which is now a museum and talked about all the original pieces there. I was surprised to know that they had 140,000 pictures from his collection online.

The video that helped me the most with this curation project was Modern Art, because it gave me new ideas of ways to organize an exhibit. I never though about all the work that goes into galleries before, I have a new appreciation for it now. Also the video about the lowbrow style was helpful because it shed light  on how different types of work can be considered art to many.