week 13

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

Lowbrow

Lowbrow art is a person regarded as uncultivated and lacking in taste.

Robert Williams claims he invented the term but doesn’t care for the meaning.

Some call it Lowbrow Surrealism.

Artists and gallery curators explain why Lowbrow art appeals to the masses. Pop culture, car culture, and folk art have both had major influences in the genre. Lisa Petrruci says the art is more relatable that esoteric art.

Art covers so many different things ranging from concept art to paintings. Artist Anthony Ausgang says it is the job of critics to categorize the art. Robert Williams, the original Lowbrow artist, discusses his early career.

At a time when galleries were not willing to display Lowbrow, the Laguna Art Museum put on a show featuring Ed Roth, Von Dutch, and Robert Williams. Artists and curators discuss the impact of MAD Magazine on art culture

While conceptual ism brought thought to art it excluded audience members who were not trained in art history.

The Pop Tarts opened the well received Tart Gallery in Vancouver. They gained more recognition and acceptance after being featured in a book about female Lowbrow artists.

Curator Billy Shire is credited with promoting the Lowbrow art movement by opening the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco. Juxtapose magazine has made it possible for people worldwide to stay in tune with the Lowbrow art scene.

Twenty years ago Robert Williams couldn't get anyone to show his art work and now he is in demand all over the world. Over the last ten years Lowbrow has gained more recognition and acceptance.

Displaying Modern art

Modern art in the MOMA from 1929 onwards was displayed primarily in chronological order, representing each art movement. Art is displayed on white walls with flexible lighting.

By the 1970s, traditional ways of displaying modern art are questioned. Art came off the walls to become busy and noisy. Artists explore the political and ideological context of the museum itself.

The Tate's thematic approach to displaying art prompts controversy when three works by Richard Long are juxtaposed with Monet's "Water Lilies."

Unlike MOMA's original concept of displaying art in chronological order, visitors to the Tate are provided with striking and often abrupt transitions between the individual display rooms.

Many abstract artists tried to make paintings that were not dependent on figuration. They wanted to convey emotions, aesthetic effects, or social vision.

Bones of Contention

Native Americans' bones were collected as a scientific curiosity during the U.S. genocide against Indians. Anthropologists differ on whether or not the remain should be returned to their ancestors

Maria, a Yankton Sioux, fights for the bones of a Native American who is taken for study after a road construction crew discovers the body. Anglo bones are reburied but Native bones are studied.David Van Horn, a field archaeologist, is charged with criminal possession of Native human bone fragments. He avoids jail but loses his livelihood as a result of his prosecution. Europeans encounter, seemingly strange, Native Americans and remove them from their own land. Burial mounds are thought to be too civilized to have been built by Native American. Susan Harjo, a Cheyenne and Muscogee, leads the fight for Native people's objects of worship to be returned. The Smithsonian's inventory reveals that 18,000 Native's bones are stored there. Bronco Lebeau, a Lakota Sioux, rejects theories of evolution and migration held by the dominate U.S. The Sioux people emerged from the Black Hills and did not migrate from somewhere. Native Americans have ceremonies to discover whether the bones are their ancestors or not. Their past is conveyed through an oral tradition. Native Americans do not want the scientists' history.Scientists learn a lot about today's health problems by studying the remains of human beings from the past. Scientists can benefit future knowledge by studying the past. The holy areas are avoided by construction crews and archeologist do not excavate graves. Omaha women, die earlier due to small pox and a change in their daily life. Their bones reveal that hard work by manufacturing furs worn them down and led to a lower birthrate and life expectancy.

George Eastman

He created the first user-friendly affordable camera and was then known as the father or photography.

His house has become a visual history of photography, displaying over 14000 professional photographers.

George Eastman worked to make photography accessible to everyone; he created the first affordable, user-friendly camera and founded the Eastman Kodak Company. Eastman's "Brownie" camera revolutionized photography and the motion picture film stock he invented with Thomas Edison became the industry standard.

A 50 room colonial revival estate George Eastman began building in 1902 serves as the centerpiece for the museum that bears his name. In addition to photography-related artifacts the museum houses many of Eastman's personal possessions.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made George Eastman a lifetime member to honor his contributions to the film industry's development. Today the George Eastman House is one of the world's premiere motion pictures archives.

The George Eastman House offers a variety of means to access collections, including 140,000 online images, that celebrate the art, technology, and impact of photography and motion pictures.

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

I do no think the videos relate to the project however i no understand more fully what a curator does, but I have to read about the project and look at past students examples to help get inspiration.

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 have not done my project yet but I understand the concept and will have an easier time creating my project. These films were interesting but harder to understand because there was no text to go along with it as in past weeks. I enjoyed these videos as much as I have in the last weeks.