Essays on Curators

In this paper we will look at how the 1970s and the early 80s showed a resurgence of interest in painting. This was a result of suppression of visual pleasure that was present at the time in the dominant art practices of the 70s. There came up a movement of painters who came up with the neo-expressionism style that advocated for the freedom in painting, a style that became really popular with the people (Sandler, 1996). It started in Germany in the 60s spread through Europe and then America. So as to study this movement well, painters like Jean-Michel ...

The exhibition that requires our attention is the one at the Sculpture Center named is In Practice: Fantasy Can Invent Nothing New. Considering the somewhat large name and the game of words in it one would expect to find something exceptional despite the negation at the end of the name. However, this is turns out to be a reference to a lecture made by Freud, where he states that the creative process only facilitates the regrouping of already existing elements into a new perception. Despite the high level of expectation this exhibition did not deliver. Most importantly as it ...

11th of May 2016

Chinese Contemporary Art. Art Galleries.

Introduction

The emergence of art galleries of contemporary art in China of the XX century, and their rapid growth was due to strong public interest in the arts, new creative trends and evidence of qualitative changes in the perception of contemporary art by the audience. This modern audience with its subtle psychological systems and the pursuit of individual forms of creative empathy brought to life and established art galleries in the cultural space of China. There were no fundamental theoretical developments in the history of the gallery business and the organization of art galleries in ...

The Musee du Quai Branly in Paris boasts of an excellent and extensive collection of from different cultures, giving valuable insights into them. Those permanent and temporary collections in the great museum are original art, from Africa, South America, and Asia. The collections conserve about 370,000 works of art that display the cultural diversity of non-European civilizations from the Neolithic period till the 20th century. The non-European collections gradually accumulated in private collections because of the colonial expansion and economic development during the 18th century. The national museums were created following the French Revolution, and those ethnographic collections ...

Art has always been one of the most valuable things in the whole society. People appreciate art because it keeps the history and memory of the humanity. Paintings, sculptures, memoirs can be more valuable than even some of the history books. The reason is quite simple. The history books may be rewritten in accordance with the requirements of the current government. However, such memorable things as paintings and sculptures are almost the immortal reminders of the human history. The film The Monuments Men is a historical drama that shows how people tried to save works of art during the ...

In the article entitled, “Remarks on Mediation and Production,” the authors Soren Andreasen and Lars Bang Larsen make their remark on the currently perceived role and suggested future role of middlemen. Note that these two authors are seasoned artists, writers, critics, and curators. Being middlemen, themselves, the two authors aim to defend the idea that middlemen play a more significant role in shaping the style of production – that middlemen help bring modernity and creativity in the style of production.

Outlining the said article, Andreasena nd Larsen first defined what they mean by the term, “middleman.” Accordingly, they have defined ...

They have said that art is one of the most powerful ways of communicating to others. Art may be an indirect way of conveying messages for some, but its intention resonates around one’s mind. Artists and curators have worked well in the past. They preserved the symbols of what makes the person, the ideologies he revolves in, and other things that defined human life. Depiction of art is not just all about aesthetics, but also another way of informing others and sharing motives behind the artistic work. Museums and exhibits across the world have become conduits in commemorating ...

MOVIE REVIEW

I attended the 5. 40 pm screening of the Monuments Men at the AMC Bowles Crossing 12 movie theatre. I bought my ticket at $5 because the theatre offers great discounts for weekday screenings. I chose the Monday evening screening because I was certain that the movie theatre would be less crowded than the weekend. An almost empty theatre would allow me to savor the ambience and study the interaction between the movie experience and the environment. Monday night screenings are also not popular with rowdy teenagers who usually come to make noise and misbehave in the theatre. ...

Security Concerns: Libraries

Personnel thefts, crimes against property are some of the major issues that are besetting building and facility administrators at present. Entities invest significant amounts in developing and acquiring technologies with the goal of enhancing security levels, safeguarding personnel, and resolving security problems. These technologies include burglar alerts, fire defense alarms, video monitoring systems, and illegal entry devices and systems. Operated by technically-proficient personnel, will be able to aid in decreasing property risks, reduce resource losses, and enhance personnel as well as visitor security (Schneider, 2006, p. 1). The fundamental objective of competent layouts and space management for libraries ...

In her report “Reports of our Deaths Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Reconsidering the Curator”, Nancy Villa tries to explore the changing roles in curatorship. It’s such interesting to note that curators are still struggling with the task of redefining their roles in the museum sector. In Nancy Villa’s account of what she experienced, she says the number of alliances has evolved both extrinsically and intrinsically. To some degree, there has been a change of the role of the curator within a museum. Elizabeth Schlatter notes that there is a dominating mentality that the curatorship has increasingly become so inclusive. She ...

The title of the article is Visual art performance versus contemporary performance. The author of this article is Andy Horwitz. The article was published on November 2011in the periodical called CULTUREBOT. The article focuses on the differences between the two types of performances with the aspect of time-based art around the origins in dance and theater as the reference point. The author of this article is motivated by lack of knowledge of the visual art curators about the contemporary art performance when promoting it. As a point of departure, the primary difference between visual arts and contemporary performance is ...

"We shape our dwellings, and afterwards, our dwellings shape us", so says Winston Churchill (Drmardy.com) in the House of Commons in 1944. Although he said this in various different ways, sometimes referring to "dwellings" as "buildings", this statement has made a profound impact on how much I wanted to be an archaeologist. I share Churchill's view that buildings, or any forms of art or architecture, initially assume the characteristics of the maker. Soon enough, when complete, the makers adopt the meanings the creation depicts. This is exactly what happened to me with the appreciation I have for the Arts. Thus, ...