点评:My wife is a professional artist and we have friends who had visited the Hundertwasser Art Centre in January and recommended it to us enthusiastically. Therefore, having lived in Onerahi, Ngunguru and Kamo during my first 17 years, a return to the region of my birth, coupled with a visit to the Hundertwasser, seemed like a great idea on the occasion of my 70th birthday. I can certainly say it was an excellent idea. It was great to see the tasteful development of the old Town Basin and we had the additional pleasure of hitting it (by shear luck) at the time of the Fri night Canopy Food Market. Dinner sorted!! On the Sat morning we went to the Hundertwasser for a couple of hours and loved it. I know there was a lot of discussion and controversy surrounding the funding and building of the Centre, but now that it's completed I can say it is world class and a fantastic asset for Whangarei, Northland and NZ. The art works, exhibits, displays, explanations, photos, memorabilia and the museum itself tell a wonderful story of a true genius. Hundertwasser was a fabulously creative, innovative, eccentric, bold, caring, visionary artist and architect. Some of the exhibits are particularly poignant. I loved the carpet made of one of his artworks by weavers in Afghanistan. Then a little later I learned it was the same carpet that adorned his cabin at the time he died on board a cruise ship off the coast of Australia. Letters between him and politicians and others illuminate the type of person he was. Then, there's the magical roof garden which is a joy to behold. We thoroughly recommend the Hundertwasser Art Centre, together with the Wairau Maori Art Gallery - the first unique and dedicated public Māori Art Gallery in Aotearoa New Zealand, with various exhibitions throughout the year.
翻译:我的妻子是一位专业艺术家,我们有朋友在一月份参观过百水艺术中心,并热情地向我们推荐了它。因此,在我最初的 17 年里生活在奥涅拉希、恩古古鲁和卡莫之后,在我 70 岁生日之际,回到我的出生地并参观百水水似乎是一个好主意。我可以肯定地说这是一个很棒的主意。很高兴看到老城区盆地的高雅开发,我们在周五晚上的 Canopy 食品市场时有额外的乐趣(运气好)去那里。晚餐安排好了!!周六早上,我们去了百水楼呆了几个小时,非常喜欢它。我知道围绕该中心的资金和建设存在很多讨论和争议,但现在它已经完工,我可以说它是世界级的,对于旺阿雷、北国和新西兰来说都是一笔奇妙的资产。艺术作品、展览、展示、解释、照片、纪念品和博物馆本身讲述了一个真正天才的精彩故事。百水是一位极具创造力、创新精神、古怪、大胆、富有爱心、富有远见的艺术家和建筑师。有些展品特别令人心酸。我喜欢阿富汗织工用他的一件艺术品制成的地毯。过了一会儿,我了解到,当他在澳大利亚海岸附近的一艘游轮上去世时,他的船舱里装饰的正是同样的地毯。他与政客和其他人之间的信件说明了他是一个什么样的人。然后,还有神奇的屋顶花园,令人赏心悦目。我们强烈推荐百水艺术中心以及怀劳毛利美术馆——新西兰第一家独特且专门的公共毛利美术馆,全年举办各种展览。