Analysis Of The Artifact Piece By James Luna

When I first saw The Artifact Piece by James Luna, I was confused where to start to look at the artwork. Performance art is the new way of performing art, in the way of using self-performance or physical representation to delivered the message or represent art. Through The Artifact Piece, James is lying down on the glass box which it has sand on it. He is shirtless but simply covered with a towel. I can see that through his denial of him, he is nicely dressed up and care about his daily living basic, (shaved, trimmed the beard.) On his side, there are a bunch of papers or document, and some of his belonging that is available for the viewer to see. Supposedly, these documents include his divorce paper, birth certificate and so on, …show more content…
In the textbook, described that the artist of the Buddha Duchamp Beuys trying to present another meaning in which sometimes humorously suggesting that new way of cultural interaction. In which is true that nowadays, social media has become the new way of communication and the primary source of gaining news and knowledge. Through out many years, the internet has beneficial the people's living by providing convenient to them. If one can gain knowledge without interacting with others, or not even learning the house, media have major influences on how people social interact with others. However, the drawback is that through the screen, we do not know what is behind it. For example, when looking at the statue, the Buddha is placing in front of the rocks, and I am imaging the image would be painful for the viewers. But in fact, the room are decorated into other purposes, and it could be from the different time zone. Now, all of it has completely different than what a viewer would perceive from the image itself through the camera. Therefore, I think this could be another image is that be careful where to get the resources from because what I am really seeing now could be just the …show more content…
The museum is a public construction, not only preserve the history of the artwork, but also deliver the important messages to the audience. Therefore, what they choose to present is important because not all artwork has educational purposes, but the viewer will reflect on themselves based on their existing knowledge. As the museum runner should carefully supervise every piece and description, and to make sure the context of the description is as accurate as the original intention of the artist. The important part is that museum as provider and storage of all of the artwork, and museum should hold neutral perspective to the artwork and allows every viewer to have their own reflection of the