The reading for this Tuesday presents some interesting perspectives on the idea of museums, and how they both present, and interact with art. One interesting concept that was brought up was the difference between a mural that is permanently fixed on a certain wall, and a painting that is merely hung on a wall, that can be moved around. A quote from the text is on page 18 "a painted wall is replaced by a piece of portable wall." This quote brings up the idea that artwork is merely a piece of the wall, yet the idea of portable art is different than in older times. Art for the most part was permanently fixed in a church or a wealthy person's home. The new idea that certain art has no permanent "home."
This also brings to light the idea of modern museums that supposedly present every kind of art in an unbiased way that does not add, nor take away from the art. This is the image of modern museums that we have, the so-called "white cube." Yet, as the reading points out, the supposed "impartial" museum can have a subliminal effect on the viewers, simply by how the painting is hung, or how the wall is designed. This makes the idea of a neutral way of presenting all forms of art extremely difficult, and it begs the question: are certain kinds of art even meant to be presented outside of their original place of creation?
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