In the most favorable interpretation, I'd call that a curators preposterous revenge against obnoxious patrons. Bill -----Original Message----- >From: Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Jan 24, 2011 7:22 PM >To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: museum collections? > >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 > > > > >
