Module 13 & 14 Video Blog

The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art: This video was very informative. It discusses the origins of many things. Some key concepts are how it originally meant pornography and art lacking taste. I have a friend who is a professional artist who makes a lot of cartoon works and just recently got criticized by someone for not making “art”, so I found this video insightful. This video does did not give me much help regarding my exhibit as I do not plan on focusing on this type of art.

Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology: I found this video extremely informative. I can’t actually believe I have never learned anything about this before. Some key points are that Native Americans are upset over tens of thousands of bones that have bee dug up and collected over the years for scientific study and never returned, this is apparently very different than how other nationalizes are treated. Laws have been passed to protect the burials sites of Native Americans because of this. Since a good amount of this video focused on museums I did learn something about my exhibit and added to the depth of my understanding of museums and exhibits.

An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and the Metropolitan Museum:  This video was very helpful to me regarding the exhibition project. I learned so much from it about how a museum works and what directors and curators do and how that job interacts with the end product. Some key points were that a museum is never actually finished and that Philippe de Montebello served as the Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art for over 30 years.

Displaying Modern Art: The Tale Approach:  This was another video that was informative to me as someone who is about to make an exhibit. It was in depth and offered a lot of new insight. Some key points are using white walls and flexible lighting to bring more focus to the works of art on display and the categorizing or art by time period and movement, going from room to room is like switching channels on a televisions.