This is a link to one of the images I was really wondering about. How this ended up on a museum wall I'd love to know. http://collections.kemperart.org/Obj651$6 I can't find the other one that really tied me in knots. It's a self-portrait of a woman in an Asian flower shop. She's wearing the brightest baby blue dress with a sparkling gold belt high up on her waist and a bad blond wig if memory serves but what really grabs you is that her face is painted stop-sign red. Her WHOLE face. And not a lovely Asian face painting job, either. Neither of these images had the decency to remain small...they are both HUGE. Had time allowed I would have asked a docent how/why they were added to a permanent collection or any collection for that matter. Art is a funny, funny thing. Lea On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:41 PM, lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Lea, > > You have to look at a lot of art in a lot of museums. An art museum is > not necessarily an art gallery. Museums collect works that may represent > various styles and spans of time including the present. They may focus > on regional art, or local collections. Contemporary art is very > difficult for most of us to comprehend without an MFA where you learn > that really good art should get you aroused (not that way!) Seriously, I > often come out of Contemporary art museums angry and I have an MFA. Just > don't let anyone hear you say "my kid could'a done that." Museums tend > to purchase the "usual suspects" that have been blessed by the art > establishment. That doesn't mean it isn't good art. So, who managed to > annoy you most in the Kemper? > > AZ > > > LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 > http://www.panoramacamera.us > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: [SPAM] museum collections? >> From: Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Mon, January 24, 2011 2:38 pm >> To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students >> <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> Does anyone here have images in a museum collection? >> >> If so, would you share your experiences as to how that came about? >> >> I ask because this past weekend I went to see an exhibit at our Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and saw a few things hanging in the show that, had I taken them, I'm sure I would have deleted from my media card before they ever took up residence on my hard drive. >> >> I know nothing of how a museum acquires images and am interested in learning more. >> >> Curious minds want to know. >> >> Lea >> >> your kids . my camera . we'll click >> www.leamurphy.com > your kids . my camera . we'll click www.leamurphy.com
