Los Angeles County Museum of Art– Carlos Madrid Week 3

This past week I worked on numerous slideshow presentations to assist curators and the education department train docents. Curators explained the processes behind curation specifically in preparation for the upcoming opening of the David Geffen Galleries which aims to break hierarchies within the museum. In the Galleries objects from different time periods, mediums, and areas will displayed closely together. 

CURATORIAL CHATS

Here is one of the slidedeck presentations I helped with under the prints collection.

Additionally on Monday I was able to pick out an artwork for students to observe in upcoming school tours with my colleague ARTuro (I thought that was funny)! We picked Alfredo Lam's Trópico. 

TRÓPICO

After picking this art piece I did more research throughout the week on this art piece and Alfredo Lam. I learned a lot about Lam's multicultural background and how that influenced his artwork. I had learned about Lam in the past but not to the same extent. It was truly honorable how he so beautifully critiqued the issues within his country through his artwork. It was also sad to see how much of an impact war had on him and how he was forced to constantly move from Spain to France back to his home country of Cuba.

RESEARCH AND SLIDEDECK PREPARATION 

Here is me getting ready for a curatorial chat with a Curator while working on my capstone project focusing on the creation of a teen council for the museum. I'm very excited to present my ideas to my colleagues within the next week as I feel that I've learned a lot from all of the conversations I've had while at LACMA. I feel that this capstone project is an encapsulation of the work I want to do as a museum curator creating equitable opportunities for all age groups, races, and socioeconomic classes. I worked mostly from home this week due to the numerous curatorial recordings which I had so this all I have for this week! See you all next week for my final week!!!