New start

Coming back from the Museum of Richmond just now, I have some thought about the conversation betweent the curator and me.

Before starting to curate an exhibition, as a curator, you should have researched the theme of this exhibition, and equipped with the sound knowledge about it, then you can find an appropriate way to show them. That is the basic point for a curator, no matter whether the size of the exhibition is big or small.

However, the specific mission for the corator within the different museums or galleries to some extent is different, which depends on the size of the work place and the level of the organization as well. Take the Museum of Richmond for example. It is a small sized museum indeed, so, the work of curator is not only doing research on the theme of the coming exhibition but also some bits and pieces, such as collecting the information , printing, sticking and so forth. Compared with this, the work of the curator within a big organization should not as so wide as the small one. They must be an expert on some area with the sound konwledge, they needn't take care about so many trivial things but can do the whole plan on the exhibition nearby.

Anyway, for me, lacking the required knowledge and the organizational skills so far. There is just a start for me, as a good cleaner and a painter for a small gallery.