Curators generate an idea and collect art based on curatorial concepts, they then select artists and work and then present and display this. Dialogue and relation between the various art works is key in creating an effective curated show. Curators look after collections and are responsible for their condition and refurb. Curating is a process of editing and rational decision making, by selecting work you are trying to create order.
Examples of Curated Shows:Traditional and Contemporary:
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| Rembrandt the Nightwatch at the Rijksmuseuem - Amsterdam http://www.diariodesign.com/eng/seville-based-architects-cruz-and-ortiz-fill-amsterdams-rijksmuseum-with-light/ |
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| New Museum-New York http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Museum
Traditional Curating:
Traditional curation differs drastically to contemporary concepts. Traditionally frames act as a border for each piece of artwork. There would be an obvious sense of hierarchy in scale and size of the pieces they would often be larger so that they were easier to view. Highly influential artisits and the most popular work would be in the middle and so it has the viewers direct eye-line. Whereas if you were of less importance your work would be skyed so it is out of eye-line. Below is a painting which portrays a typical example of this.
 http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/morseinfo.shtm Contemporary Curating: 
Marcel Duchamp - Mile of String is based around the idea of Surrealism. He was preoccupied with exhibition and design. Mile of String was a unifying concept its aim to make viewers aware of how the audience have to walk around to view each individual piece in a difficult manner. Surreal engagement with the work feeds int the general concept of Surrealism. Duchamp wanted to change the environment the work was in. This curation inverts space by using coal bags hung from the ceiling. This particular has a major influence on contemporary exhibition particularly a group of artists called Bank. http://www.toutfait.com/issues/volume2/issue_4/interviews/hirschhorn/popup_9.html
Bank is an art collective formed in 1991-2003 and was know as a cult art group. Bank based in London would create strange environments and then invite other artists to display their work within these unconventional gallery spaces. They made the white wall integrate with other concepts that they have since they first became established.
Another group called Cell also based London are more inventive then conventional. The above image is taken from a show called Straylight Cavern, this one piece is based on a sci-fi book creating a cyber domestic place within the gallery.
http://eastsideprojects.org/past/sculpture-show/
Eastside Projects is based in Birmingham. The Sculpture show in 2009 was a beautiful, formal presentation of various different artists work. They unified these individual pieces by use of a structured raised platform.
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