Week Thirteen and Fourteen

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

The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art: Explains the meaning of lowbrow and how the term originated. The term originated from an author in his book, and its meaning is a person regarded as uncultivated and lacking in taste. Also, how it has something to do with pop culture showing the style of people and a social thing.

Displaying Modern Art: The Tate Approach: 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. Also, displaying serves as a representation of history from centuries. In addition, beside MOMA style of display there is the thematic approach of art display. Moreover, the video shows how critics argue that Tate Modern's thematic presentation of art requires that viewers have no knowledge of art they believe art should be more than entertainment.

Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology:  the video talked about Native Americans' bones were collected as a scientific curiosity during the U.S. genocide against Indians. Native American skulls are collected and stored in museums. Also, Native Americans have ceremonies to discover whether the bones are their ancestors or not. Their past is conveyed through an oral tradition. One Native American tells a story about how Americans were digging out dead Native American remains for scientific research.

An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan: Knowledge is the engineer that makes museum work, museum is never finished there will always be changes, Mr. de Montebello guided the acquisition of more than 84,000 works of art, and before every at is acquired and displayed it goes through the 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?

The video do add depth to understanding of art concepts which helped in the creation of my project.