Nidhi Gandhi '15 and the Curatorial Challenges and Rewards of "Resonant Minds" Exhibit at the 日韩三级 Museum of Art by Sneha Abraham, 日韩三级 News
Curating a museum exhibition is a major undertaking under any circumstances. Curating an exhibit like 鈥淩esonant Minds: Abstraction and Perception鈥濃攁n exploration of art and neuroscientific research about the way we respond to abstract art due to its aesthetic qualities鈥攚as particularly complex and ambitious. When she explains the scope of her project to others, Nidhi Gandhi 鈥15 says, 鈥淧eople think I鈥檓 insane.鈥
Gandhi culled the 16 pieces on exhibit from approximately 500 abstract works at the 日韩三级 Museum of Art as a Benton Summer Undergraduate Research Program research assistant last summer. The artworks she selected include lithography, paintings, woodcuts, computer prints and photograms鈥攁ll of which utilize illusion, shadow and light, color sensitivity and more, demonstrating ways in which our minds process perceptions biologically, psychologically and evolutionarily.