The White Glove Effect

Michael Jackson's wearing one white glove has done much for the preservation of art. In the art world, wearing white gloves is ideal for the safe handling of art work. According to Chicago Sun-Times, "Mike's glove infatuation came at a Hollywood production studio in 1980 when he noticed an editor handling film with a single white glove to keep smear marks off. The young star was intrigued."

Whether film, photo, painting, or whatever type of art, preservation is important. Art records the history of a culture, a period in time, through the experience of that artist. Many artworks have been around for centuries because they have been handled with white gloves.

It may seem harmless to touch the artwork just a little bit but the unseen oils and dirt on fingertips can be transferred to the artwork and cause great damage. Never touch the surface of an unframed artwork without gloves; even clean hands leave a corrosive residue.

Anyone selling or dealing with art will wear white gloves when handling it. Great care has to be taken to preserve the artwork.

Artwork is very valuable. Many artists are no longer around to create anymore and share their point of view with the world so it is vital great care is taken in handling the art.

Michael Jackson saw something deeper when he watched how film was carefully being handled. He transferred that love, appreciation, and respect for art preservation to his own image.

Visual Culture Rules the World

Videos, You Tube, television, movies, magazines, text messages, Internet, advertising, FaceBook, MySpace.....

     We live in a world where visual media and images has a powerful influence on our lives.  Visual Impressions are extremely strong and shape our values, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior.  Visual Culture can shape public opinion.  For some, Visual Culture is life lived on screen.  People may forget what they read, but they never for get a picture-- or a movie, a video, a news cast, or a magazine cover.  Visual Culture can break down walls or build them.  If someone does not understand what they are looking at or how to decode images Visual Culture for them becomes a form of mind control.  

     Studying art is important because our modern society is saturated with images.  Studying art teaches us to look for the point of view of the artist or creators.  It teaches humans how to decode images more effectively.  It teaches us to observe society, and culture and shows us how to understand where attitudes and behaviors come from.  Art teaches us to dig deeper and develop our own point of view and helps us to navigate through a world of images.

      Very few people take the time to reflect or question the point of view of the person, persons, corporations, organizations, or agencies putting their images before them over and over.  Who owns the images you are looking at?  He who owns the media rules the world.

Using Art to Make Better Doctors and Policemen

A study shows a doctor's ability to make accurate observations increased when doctors took a museum art class. Doctors were more likely to notice more details and features in their patients that would have been overlooked had they not taken training at the museum in the power of observation. Observations by a control group of residents who did not take the class did not change. "We're trying to train students to not make assumptions about what they're going to see, but to do deep looking, " said an internist at Brigham and Women's Hospital. A study had recently shown that Doctor's observation skills in the physical examining of their patients were declining.

The NYPD, The FBI, and the National Guard are also training their observation skills by observing artwork. There is a need for precision in observation and perception in the law field. Especially when pursuing criminals and observing crime scenes. Studying art helps professionals in the law and medical field by training the eye.

http://www.aam-us.org/pubs/mn/frick.cfm

http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/07/20/monet_gauguin_using_art_to_make_better_doctors/