Curation Video Reviews

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned?

The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art was about Pop Surrealism also known as Lowbrow which includes comic books imagery, hot rods, rock n roll, and cold war imagery.  The video Display Modern Art: The Tate Approach is a program that displays art in the rooms of the Tate Modern as case studies. This showed how new theme-based exhibits were made in museums, after watching Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology I learned that more than 10,000 Native Americans remains are unearthed at archaeological sites across the U.S. in museums such as the Smithsonian. Metropolitan spoke about Philippe de Montebello worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was in charge of over 84,000 art pieces and exhibits in the metropolitan museum.

2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Exhibition project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.

The videos somewhat relate to the exhibition project because mine was set up in the Burchfield Penny Art center and The Tate Approach shows how exhibits are set up in Art Centers. The Lowdown on Lowbrow somewhat relates because it included imagery from the cold war. Although my exhibit focused on the Civil Rights Movement, they still have history in common.

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?

I thought the films were informative because it gave me a lot of background information of how these exhibitions are made. It taught me about different aspects of showing art and this made me go back to when I created my curation project because I started to think about the work it took to get the exhibition together instead of the art work itself.

Video

Explain why you selected each of the TWO  videos you choose from the selection listed above.

        I picked Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the 50”s and 60’s and “Andy Warhol: Image of an Image to watch because I like learning about art from different decades and I did not know much about Andy Warhol and I wanted to learn more by watching the video

2.For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
In the first video “Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the 50”s and 60’s I got to learned about the rise of Experssionalism its journey in art and how it eventually got rejected. The second video, “Andy Warhol: Images of and Image taught me that Andy Warhol was silk screening and worked with commercial art.

3.    How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
These videos relate to the readings in the text because it gives a visual presentation of the materials provided in the readings.

4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

I thought that these films were interesting because they were very informative of each topic. This helped me a lot because the extra information gave me a deeper understanding of the topic.

Art Exhibition 2

Step 1: The Exhibition

 1. What is the title of the exhibit? The title of the exhibits that I looked at were Mccallum Tarry: Intersections and Spain: Rock; Roll, Rumbles, Rebels & Revolution. This exhibition is a retrospective of the graphic, iconic works, and characters of Spain Rodriquez

2. What is the theme of the exhibition? The Mccallum Tarry Exhibition challenged audiences to face the issues of racial inequality in communities, history, and the family. The Spain: Rock; Roll, Rumbles, Rebels & Revolution.

Step 2: The Gallery

Questions about the physical space:

1. What type of lighting is used? The was regular fluorescent lights

2. What colors are used on the walls? The walls were off white in the Spain exhibits and the Tarry Mccallum exhibit had different colored walls, some were red, white and some were cream with burgundy colored designs.


3. What materials are used in the interior architecture of the space?

The Mccallum Tarry exhibition had a lot of pictures on the wall and had a video projection. The Spain: Rock; Roll, Rumbles, Rebels & Revolution had some artifacts such as a leather jacket, some pictures on the wall, and cardboard cutouts

4. How is the movement of the viewer through the gallery space?

The movement is good because the art flows well and the were not too far apart from each other which allowed the viewer to walk through at a good speed and not be confused of which exhibit they are viewing.

1. How are the artworks organized? The art works are on the walls for both exhibits

2. How are the artwork’s similar? The art works are mostly black and white for the Mccallum Tarry exhibit. The Spain: Rock; Roll, Rumbles, Rebels & Revolution had similar pieces there was more than one cardboard cut out and the majority of the art had a carton theme.


3. How are the artworks different?

The art works were very similar in both exhibits all of the pieces followed the theme well.

4. How are the artworks framed?

The art works in the Tarry Mccallum exhibits were in circular and square frames and the works in the Spain: Rock; Roll, Rumbles, Rebels & Revolution had no frames.

5. How are the artworks identified and labeled?

The some of the works were identified and labeled in the Spain exhibits and they were not identified in the Tarry Mccallum exhibit.


6. What is the proximity of the artwork to each other? 

The artworks of both exhibitions were in close proximity the art works were close to each other.

1.    Description – Describe what you see.  (subject matter)?

I see a rock and roll inspired leather jacket.

2.   Formal analysis – (form)  What principles and elements were used and how are they used? This jacket has unity and proportion because the logo and the words on the back of the jacket in proportion to the rest of the jacket making the jacket unity.

3.  Bracketing - Is there anything in or about this work that reminds you of anything else? Do you see any symbols, metaphors, or allegories?  (iconography)  This reminds me of the new fashion trend because motorcycle and rock n roll inspired jackets are in style.

4.   Interpretation - (content)  What do you think the artist was trying

I think the artist was trying to show the fashion of the rock n roll era.

1.   Description – Describe what you see (subject matter)? This is a picture of different African Americans mugshots.

3.   Formal analysis – (form)  What principles and elements were used and how are they used? This has variety because although there are all pictures of mug shots, each frame is a different shape and a different size.

2.   Bracketing - Is there anything in or about this work that reminds you of anything else? Do you see any symbols, metaphors, or allegories?  (iconography)

This reminds me of the civil rights movement era because during this time many African Americans were standing up for their rights even though it resulted in being arrested.

4.  Interpretation - (content)  What do you think the artist was trying to say? I think the author was trying to show how many people fought for their rights and how important the civil rights movement was.

1.    Description – Describe what you see.  (subject matter)?

This is a picture of the Klu Klux Klan.

2.   Formal analysis – (form) What principles and elements were used and how are they used? This picture has repetition because each person has the same outfit on and there is more than one person showing repetition.

3.   Bracketing - Is there anything in or about this work that reminds you of anything else? Do you see any symbols, metaphors, or allegories?  (iconography) I know that this is associated with the with Civil Rights Era but this does not remind me of the movie The Great Debators when the KKK lynched a African American man in the woods.

4.  Interpretation - (content)  What do you think the artist was trying to say? I think that the artist was trying to show the relevance of the KKK to this revolution and how it had an impact on the African Americans.