video blog

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

The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art – This movie explains the meaning of lowbrow and how it originated. Artist Anthony Aussang says it is essentially reactionary to highbrow culture. The definition is, "a person regarded as uncultivated and lacking in taste. The term lowbrow is said to be used by someone who could not find a better term.

Displaying Modern Art: The Tate Approach - A key concept that I learned from this video is that modern art in the MOMA from 1929 onwards was generally displayed in chronological order that represented each different art movement. Art is displayed on white walls with flexible lighting. The Museum of Modern art attracts a lot of curious visitors and the staff there always deals with huge crowds.

Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology - I learned that Native Americans' bones were collected as a scientific curiosity during the U.S. genocide against Indians. Over the past 150 years, the bones of tens of thousands of American Indians accumulated in the name of science.

And Mind: Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan Museum of Art - From this video I learned about Philippe de Montebello. He was born in France and educated in Harbor. He served for 31 years as Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, marking his reputation as the 8th and longest director.

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

The videos relate to the creation of art exhibition because all the videos show how arts are collected and displayed, and styles of displaying art such as the MOMA style and the thematic approach of art.

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 videos were in general entertaining and informative to watch. I especially liked watching the video about lowbrow art because I did not know such form of art existed before.