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“A Lost and Found Gold Pendant” 2021 Acrylic canvas 16x12 in. #gold #pendant #flowerpainting #goldbull #angels #music #color #shine #nature #garden #art https://www.instagram.com/p/CNbG0nIsdZ9/?igshid=ckkmpmb35116

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Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold!

This was my first taste of curatorship! (What a job!) As simple as I thought it would be I was quite wrong.In choosing the item, a gold pendant styled as a bull,  I found a substantial (or so I thought) amount of information provided at the Carlos’ site to view the collection (LUNA). I copied this information, studied it and was ready to present to Dr. Gagliardi. However, upon viewing the item in person before I presented I knew I was in trouble. The pendant’s description described by LUNA states, “the objects are either laid out on a table for inspection or strung together and worn around the neck…” [citation] Before viewing the object I assumed pendant meant “small jewelry” and reading its use as necklace ornamentation I was sure and confident of its minimal nature. However a live view proved the object to as large as my fist! Dr. Gagliardi taught me the biggest lesson of this class that day…QUESTION EVERYTHING!!!! If I would have read in full instead of what only applied to my own theory I would have seen the polarity in LUNA’s description of its uses. Either being “laid out for inspection” or “strung together” seems quite opposite to me especially if the object is supposed to be only for jewelry purposes. This should have raised an eyebrow causing further research and a closer look at the object’s dimensions especially. “Although the object does have two holes on opposing sides of the neck which look to be for stringing upon something, how do we know that is its purpose?” “Is its size practical for body ornamentation?” “Does its form appropriate with display using the body or elsewhere?” These questions (paraphrased) that Dr. Gagliardi brought to my attention made me completely reconsider the object and my research methods. So as I begin my research into my exhibition items my curatorial glasses include magnification of 1010 and my favorite mug full of coffee as I will search, question and fact find until I pull the truth from each object.

Figurine of a Bull  2006.28.1 Carlos Museum http://www.digitalgallery.emory.edu/luna/servlet/detail/CARLOS_VC~1~1~23907~102529:Figurine-of-a-Bull?sort=Classification%2CCountry%2CCulture%2CAccession_Number&qvq=q:gold%2Bpendant;sort:Classification%2CCountry%2CCulture%2CAccession_Number;lc:CARLOS_VC~1~1&mi=0&trs=10