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Essay / Lightner Museum Observation - 1093
This is the room immediately after exiting the elevator. As for entering the room, the painting is in the back left corner. It hangs on the wall, separate from all other artwork. All walls, stands and pillars are plain white. The only items in color are the other artwork. This room is mainly composed of three-dimensional objects. The painting has little or nothing to do with this piece. This painting is a comedic piece and it is placed in a room with no emotion or general connection to anything else around it. It is displayed in a way that makes it clear that it is self-contained. There is nothing close or correlated in the same room. The only reason this painting should be in this room is because it's a room full of unsuitable artwork. The Lightner Museum, as an institution, repeats this lack of organization throughout its exhibitions. Given the history of the museum and its beginnings, it makes sense that random objects would be placed in strange places. This may encompass the exact purpose of the Lightner Museum, as it describes the origin and context of the birth of the museum through the visitor's questioning of the arrangements. Conspicuous consumption is illustrated through this painting and the museum, as it was essentially created by overpurchasing and greed. It can be said that the only reason why someone