Blog Review

The Lowdown on Lowbrow

Lowbrow was an underground art movement in Los Angeles. It is a widespread movement includes the comic world, punk and hot rod street culture among others. The movie states that the artist has no taste, with naked women or hotrods. My exhibition will be no where near lowbrow. The only characteristic that may be the same are some bright colors that are used. My exhibition will be solely outside the box and include the "hell on earth" firefighting theme. It seems as if a lot of people were against the taste of the artist during this movement. Some of the pictures may be subject in the eyes of others.

Displaying Modern Art: The Tate Approach

The art was displayed in chronological order, showing each movement of art in which it was displayed. Some said that the art was too "loud" on the exhibit walls, and that viewers can have no knowledge of art and understand the piece. The critics wanted the art to be more than an entertainment figure. However, why make art where most of the audience cannot understand it? This will reduce the value in others eyes in my opinion. I saw some pieces that were abstract, and will not be the same as my art. Although, the thought that my pieces may be "busy" may apply to the fact that a lot will be going on in the pictures, not because it is clustered. A lot of critics about the Tate approach. Since my approach was outside the box, and was something that most would not think of, I do not believe there is a connection.

Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology

Repatriation requires scientists first determine the bones tribal affiliation. Native Americans have ceremonies to discover whether the bones are their ancestors. I do not see a connection with the Native Americans/ tribal theme connection to my exhibition. This video stopped working halfway through and went completely blank. Upon many attempts in reloading it still did not work so I was unable to complete all parts of the video. However, if I did not choose to do my exhibition on the fire theme, I would be interested in doing it on this.

George Eastman House: Picture Perfect

The collection at Eastmans house represents 14,000 amateur and professional photographs. It contains 16,000 objects along with 5,000 cameras. He chose this to make art available to everyone who wanted to be exposed to art. Again this video did not work, a blank video page. I was able to see key points and did some research on my own in order to find out what the Eastman House was about.