Museum And Community Analysis

On November 19th, 2016 my sister and I went to the J. Wayne Stark Galleries. This gallery is currently exhibiting a sculpture collection by Rodin. As well as other permanent collections one about woman artist and another that shows abstract natural landscapes.

Other than the Rodin sculptures most of the collections are paintings by American artists. As Elizabeth Crooke discusses in her article Museums and Community, how a community can shape the museum collection. The gallery I visited the art was mostly by American artist though they are all different types of people they share one come background and country identity. Most of the Art pieces had to do with nature in an abstract sense. Since these paintings were made to be sold or shown in

The items were created by the artist most likely for the purpose to be sold. For the Rodin collection, there is a small issue for the pieces on display and that is the decision concerning if the pieces are considered originals or not. All the pieces on display are made from the cast after Rodin had completed the first work. French law states that there can only be twelve cast made of a piece. These pieces are considered originals as long as the creator was the one who commissioned the cast. We have talked about in class over the idea that part of visiting a museum is to see authentic and original pieces. With these pieces, they might be legally considered to be originals but not everyone would agree with this. Luckily the conclusion that I believe the class came to is as long as the public is able to learn from the item then the museum has accomplished its task. Either way, there is not really a difference in seeing the original verses the cast Rodin pieces because the emotions and concepts they portray so not lose any meaning when coming from the cast made

There is no need for a pluralistic perspective to be added because the individual brings his or her perspective with them. A lot of the works already have one to three paragraphs over the artist the landscape and what the artist is trying to say but this is all background knowledge that is optional for the viewer to decide to read or make up their own opinion. One thing that I would have changed was the exhibit over woman artist it seemed that the only connections between them were that they were created by a woman. The styles, mediums, and subject matter were different from one piece to the next. I could not find a deeper meaning then the narrative saying look women can do art too. Though it is a very important concept to get across I just felt that it was very flat and only spoke to the surface of what could have been