Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Video Blog Week 13 and 14

The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art
                 Lowbrow originally meant pornography.  Pop culture, car culture, and folk art have both had major influences in Lowbrow. Some believe Lowbrow Surrealism is a more fitting term while others embrace Lowbrow.

               
                  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. By the 1970s, traditional ways of displaying modern art are questioned. Art came off the walls to become busy and noisy. Artists explore the political and ideological context of the museum itself.

                     
Native Americans' bones were collected as a scientific curiosity during the U.S. genocide against Indians. Anthropologists differ on whether or not the remain should be returned to their ancestors.
                     
By creating the first affordable, user-friendly camera George Eastman became the father of popular photography. The museum established at his home celebrates the contributions he and the company he founded have made to advance the art, science, and phenomenon of photography.
 
 
 
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