How is modern art displayed to its viewers, and what is the job of a curator to the modern art culture? What is their influence on society and its opinions based the messages conveyed by the works shown?

With the fall of communism, eastern Europe’s art scene began to take on a completely new form and began to present new works of art that were not previously displayed. Curators would begin to take charge of museums and art galleries throughout the east and present these new revolutionary works.

Without Soviet control these curators were allowed to showcase whatever art they desired in their galleries. New post modern artist began to emerge in these galleries, taking their new found freedoms to their advantage to showcase revolutionary art that conveyed new messages that were previously censored by the communist régime.

Curators saw this new art and openly and actively pursued to present it to the public. The position of the curator of a museum of gallery was one of the most influential to the newly discovered art scene. They had the ability to create new narratives about art and dominate how the new art movement was formed.

Without these new curators taking advantage of the positions they were in, the modern art movement in Eastern Europe may have not grown to become as influential on its observers as it was. The curators shaped the movement by presenting works they saw as the most revolutionary and influential at the time. If not for their work this art would not have gained the recognition it did, in turn possibly shifting the entire post soviet art movement in a different direction.

Curators are essential to the art movement still today in dictating what art is displayed for public view. Without curator’s, art would be displayed throughout public view and not gain the recognition it deserves or receive the wrong recognition for its perceived message. They are the essential part of the art movement by coordinating and collecting works to be displayed together. Without Curators, art would undoubtedly move in a different direction in society then it does.