Module 13 and 14

For this module I watched 3 different videos and they were The Lowdown on Lowbrow:West Coast Pop Art, Tate Modern, and An Acquiring mind: Philippe De Montebello and The Metropolitan. These videos were very interesting to watch and had a lot of good information in them. Not so much did they have anything to do with my project I did because I chose something different from any of these videos. Yes in the last video it talked a lot about the conservation if images, which I am sure was done with the pictures that I chose, but nothing really stuck out to me more than that. I really liked the information behind the videos and it gave me a different outlook on a lot of the galleries that I could visit one day. Tate modern was especially interesting and different and I can see why many people would like to stop there as a tourist attraction.
In the first video: The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art, the interesting and important facts are:
-Highbrow wants nothing to do with gaudy things which they considered lowbrow.
-Lowbrow is more of a people things historical reference
- A lot of galleries and museums wouldn't show rock posters
- In 1967- Underground comics came about / crumb apart
- Tiki culture was brought back by the service men
- Lowbrow worked with Disney land
- Conceptual art brought intelligent through to the playing field
- Lowbrow is something that is learned
- Now low brow is any galleries or collections, but highbrow and pop are art
- Low brow took cartoon language and emphasized its statements and that is important in the art movement
- A lot of sexually driven pop culture art when it comes to artists, but became very common for woman because they thought they can make a woman better than a man
- In the 70's punk rock musicians had fine art backgrounds
- Became included in many shows and paintings became worth more now
- Now not so much work is considered Low Brow
In the second video: Tate Modern, the important and interesting facts are:
- Tate modern has 5 million visitors a year because of its size and reputation
- It makes you think theme park, mechanical and glowing sun
- did modern art change or did Tate modern change us? was one of the questions discussed in this video and I thought that was an interesting take on change.
-The scene at first was uncomfortable and intimidating
- Tate Modern was new art for a new society and was a sign of social change and elitism which caused it to be more popular.
-In May 2000, the Tate Modern Opened and the opening was a huge success.
- Feels casual and comfortable and gives people a good way to look at art
- Scale is a sign in this case with its size because it was so big and populated it is hard to see everything and get the full experience
- Tate Modern inspired a change to what society wants
- The sealed crack is a memory about memory and modern art was invented in France
In the third video: An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and the Metropolitan, the important and interesting facts are,
-A museum is  never finished
- In 1870 the metropolitan opened with 174 European Paintings
-Under Philippe they now support and show art from around the globe.
-2 million objects are contained in the growing collection
- In 2005, the Gilman Paper Company collection was acquired and the picture The Woman Seen From the Back was seen as popular and inspiring. Some said mystery is better than reality.
-The board of Trusties decide what will be put into the exhibit or collection
- Curators pitch the art work to the board of trusties to be considered
- Storage is important / textiles brought for display/ and not all the art work is displayed at one time
-Not all works come to the museum in good condition or in one piece and the need to be conserved
-There are times when works are left untouched to the viewers can get the full effect
- Many art works were brought under Philippe and he played a big roll in getting the ball rolling with the Metropolitan.