The two videos I chose to watch were "Greenberg on Pollock: An interview by TJ Clark" and "The Colonial Encounter: View on Non-Western Art and Culture". The first video was about an art critic and historian talking about Jackson Pollock's -- easel, just kidding -- approach to how he created his artwork and the legacy he ended up leaving behind upon his death. At one point in the video, Greenberg makes a statement that Pollock, while trying to move himself away from the orderliness of "regular art", still posses a certain type of order all their own. I feel that Pollock created his own form of order with his painting because it was something that had never really been done before. He created, in my opinion, his own style which then created order.
In the second video, I was actually surprised to learn that the Paris world fair lasted over 8 months. That is such a long time for one event to be going on, but the fact that it attracted as many people as it did had to have made it worth it. The other interesting, to me, fact I learned from the video was the fact that the figures representing the three kings back then are still on display today.
Only the first video I feel helped and related to the Art Criticism project that was created. They actually did their own form of critiquing in the film which helped me, a bit, learn how to properly critique others' works. However, it's still something I am still uncomfortable with.
As I said in my Art Curator reflection blog post, I'm much more comfortable interpreting work, which I think many are, than critiquing it. I've always lived by the philosophy of, if you can't do better, you have no right to judge. That being said, I did enjoy the videos because of the subjects covered.
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