Gallery Management
Professor Doris Cacoilo
Gallery Analysis from Newark/MOMA
The museum trips have show me the ins and outs of each museum and there are ways that they do things at each museum that are different and then again there are similarities. When I was able to look at the museums when they were beginning to install pieces and the space was being prepared it was great to see the skeleton of the projects and to see how much work goes on in between the start and the progression of it into a successful space.
The people who were helping us , Pat Wessell and Steven Wheeler were very informative and very knowledgeable not only about what they do but about how the museum is able to be run. They were very interesting and they also knew so much about the pieces you can tell how much time they had spent with the pieces and how much they put thought into the pieces that were on display for show.I feel a new sense of respect and knowledge about how the museums are kept up and how they are able to make sure great pieces available for viewing for the public. The curators have so much more to do than I expected. Although they may have help they basically do so much from start to finish to be sure that everything is able to be seen. They are the ones who do the footwork and have to help get things legally and financially approved with the help of the donors, people in the legal department and the people who have rights to the art even.
The Newark Museum and MOMA are museums geared towards educating the public. They are looking to reach out to those people who are wanting to experience art and to get them involved in their education in a way that is easy and accessible. Their audiences range from people who are tourists, to local schools on a field trip to the everyday museum goer. The best part about these museums is that they are very involved in their community and that they are looking to further people’s exposure to art and to what the possibilities are out there with art and what can be done to a gallery space to express an idea or a theme that the artists may have.
When I visited both museums, although they have at the core similar approaches to setting up the galleries, they ambience in the Newark Museum greatly differed from the MOMA. The lighting was the biggest difference. In the Newark Museum it seemed that their lighting was a bit darker and in the MOMA it was better handled. The displays in MOMA were better highlighted than at Newark. When you set the stage for the work with good lighting it can make a difference for the work. The audience will respond differently, just like I had. I feel that due to the MOMA’s museum space alone it trumped the space that Newark Museum had.
On the other hand the Newark Museum was connected and extended to a historical home and as a viewer you were able to go inside and experience the space of this house. That was a definite plus for this museum it gave it an edge in the community it is located in for the audience that makes it a desirable place to visit. The MOMA also has its own great displays and space in the city where it is located. They way that the building is set up for you to from every space be able to look down on the sculpture garden down in the center of the space.
The labeling for the museum and its pieces it holds or are on display are very important to the audience. The labelling for each museum is well done and now they are implementing the bar code photo option. This will allow the person with a smart phone will be able to take a photo and access more information or more works by that artist or movement. This will allow the viewer with more information that is more readily available in a technologically advanced society. This newer feature that is offered in the museums helps them to stay on top and will help the audience to further expose themselves to more art.
These museums have been great for me to view an inside look at the museum not just as a visitor but as a student I look forward to many more experiences like this to further my knowledge.
The labeling for the museum and its pieces it holds or are on display are very important to the audience. The labelling for each museum is well done and now they are implementing the bar code photo option. This will allow the person with a smart phone will be able to take a photo and access more information or more works by that artist or movement. This will allow the viewer with more information that is more readily available in a technologically advanced society. This newer feature that is offered in the museums helps them to stay on top and will help the audience to further expose themselves to more art.
These museums have been great for me to view an inside look at the museum not just as a visitor but as a student I look forward to many more experiences like this to further my knowledge.
Newark Museum photo from their website:
In Her Own Eyes : Women Behind and in Front of the Camera
Lalla Essaydi, Converging Territories #9, 2003,
Chromogenic print, 45 x 58 ½ in., Purchase 2011 Helen
McMahon Brady Cutting Fund 2011.7.2
The Newark Museum website for Workshops
will help you find something you can take that intersts you.
MOMA's on display from the first floor , photo taken from their website:
Wolfgang Laib sifting hazelnut pollen, 1992. Courtesy Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
MOMA also has a sculpture garden and this photo is also taken from their site:
Figure in the Garden (Ongoing Exhibit)
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, exterior, first floor
Shown, from back: Joan Miró. Moonbird. 1966. Bronze, 7' 6" x 6' 6" x 57" (228.5 x 198.2 x 144.9 cm). Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest. © 2012 Successió Miró/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris; Aristide Maillol. The River. Begun 1938–39; completed 1943 (cast 1948). Lead, 53 3/4" x 7' 6" x 66" (136.5 x 228.6 x 167.7 cm), on lead base designed by the artist 9 3/4 x 67 x 27 3/4" (24.8 x 170.1 x 70.4 cm). Printer: Alexis Rudier. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
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