In the "Greenburg on Pollock" video talked a lot about the artist. The background information it gave was very key. If I were to be creating an exhibit that included works of this artist, this is the type of stuff I would want to know. They spoke a lot of t Pollock's attitude towards eisel paintings. That would make me take into consideration what type of works I would place near his work out of respect for the artist.
"The Critics: Stories from the Inside Pages" gave a lot of insight on the role critics play. One gentleman said something along the lines of "your're helping the art of your time to gain new readers." I felt that statement was true to what our role as curators was in the last project. We had to become critics oursleves first, so that we could productively select works to display in our exhibits. The way in which we display the works as curators is crucial to how it will be read and criticized by its viewers. Critics are the ones that get us to stop and look at things. But as curators we have to think ahead of the critics and think like them. Essentially curators have to keep the critics happy. Otherwise it can affect the view they have on the work of the artist being displayed.
In "The Colonial Encounter" video was also very interesting. This video talked about art that has been ignored. A great way for people to be exposed to these rare arts would be for curators to research them and create exhibits using that art. I think that when curators try to go outside the realms of what is already familiar in the art world that a door to a whole new world can be opened.
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