Video Review for Art Project 4

1.) A.) The lowdown on lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art: Lowbrow can be defined as a person regarded as uncultivated and lacking in taste. The guy who originated the term does not like the dictionaries definition. Such artwork often displays naked people. Certain galleries would refuse to display this lowbrow artwork in their buildings. After the lowbrow artists were shut out the decided to create their own art scene.
B.) Displaying Modern Art: The Tate Approach: In the Museum of Modern Art, the artwork is displayed in chronological order, representing each art movement. Tate Modern displays its modern art in four sections, representing four different themes. Critics say that the Tate Approach requires that viewers have no knowledge of art and do not know how to classify it.
C.) Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology: A discussion about whether or not the bones of Native Americans that were collected during the U.S. genocide against Indians should be returned. Studies show that the size of one’s brain is relative to their intelligence. Also Native Americans would have ceremonies to discover whether or not the bones truly belonged to their ancestors.
D.) An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan: Philippe de Montebello served 31 years as director of the Metropolitan Museum of art, the longest anyone has ever served as a director. He believed that a museum could never be finished and guided the acquisition of over 84,000 works of art. He also never wanted to represent a theme or artist unless they could get one truly exceptional piece. Also he expanded the euro centric collection to represent all cultures.
2.) Yes I believe that the videos related to the created of my art exhibition project. I think that the third video, Bones of Contention, had less to do about my project but still related in discussing the same topic and how its effected art history. The other three videos all shown how they had come to create themes whether it be lowbrow, the tate approach of developing themes or a curator picking each and every piece of art work that is displayed in a museum.
3.) I liked all the films but the one on Native American bones, I feel that this one related the least to what we have discussed in class and could have been left our of this video review. All the other videos added depth to my understanding of developing a theme for the art curator project. I liked how strongly people felt about what can go into a theme and how they demonstrated how a single piece of art can be categorized into more than one theme.