Week 13 & 14 Video Review.

The four films definitely provide a great foundation to begin Project #4. The four films definitely seem to provide great insight into the variety and range art culture has to offer. The first film discussed the art movement of lowbrow artists. Lowbrow art can be defined as an underground visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles, California, area in the late 1970's. It's a populist art movement with its cultural roots in underground comics, punk music, and hot rod cultures of the street. The artists creating lowbrow art, also known as pop surrealism are definitely talented and create eye catching pieces, although they believe they do not get the respect they deserve. The second film discussed the method of displaying modern art, which is seen in the Modern Museum of Art. This film provides foundation to our fourth project through its thematic approach when displaying art. The Tate approach displays its modern art in four sections. Each section suggests a theme for the selection of art displayed. Although it seems their might be an order in place,  visitors to the Tate are provided with striking and often abrupt transitions between the individual display rooms. The third short film I really enjoyed. It was fascinating to hear how the native american protection policy came about, in regards to archeological findings. It was also fascinating to hear how over 18,000 Native American remains are stored at the Smithsonian Museum in archives and how their lower back bones and skull fragments have different markings which is because of genes and heredity from the tribes. The fact that passing the bill and beginning to return Native American remains to their tribes started with the woman from Iowa and has now spread across the country is awesome. The fourth film topped the first three films by far. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and its longest director, Philippe de Montebello showed me the steps of how a piece of art is acquired and possibly accepted into a museums collection. The Metropolitan Museum is section off into themed areas, for example the African exhibition. It was awesome to understand that the 400 pieces of metal placed into the statue that welcomes you into the themed area represents 400 significant things apart of that culture. These films were great and i honestly enjoyed them. They were all different and provided me with a better understanding of how to execute my 4th project!