点评:Usually when we visit big-city art museums we expect to find some classic works--some European,some early American. Thismuseum is not trying for that line, instead they are aiming to collect and curate area artists and fringe movements. In tat they are most successful.
They don't have a permanent exhibition. They assemble special displays from their permanent collection and from area artists. We were treated to a "neon and bones" theme showing works from their collection that exploited unusual media, a display of works from the fringe "nut" movement from1970s Califronia, and a monumental room of ceramic monoliths, tumbleweed schulptures, and sketches by a Montana artist who works with local materials. Yourvisist will likely provide different but equally compelling shows.
Also of interest, their Visual Vault--a separate building where they store their collection. You get to enter and view, through glass, where the works are kept and preserved. Really interesting.
Billing should be proud.
翻译:通常,当我们参观大城市的艺术博物馆时,我们期望能看到一些经典作品——有些是欧洲的,有些是早期美国艺术家的作品。这家博物馆并不以展示这类作品为目标,而是致力于收藏和策划本地艺术家的作品以及各种边缘艺术流派。在这方面,他们做得很成功。
该馆没有常设展览。他们会根据自己的馆藏以及本地艺术家的作品来策划专题展览。我们欣赏到了以“霓虹与骨骼”为主题的展览,展出了他们收藏中使用了非传统媒介创作的作品;还有20世纪70年代加利福尼亚州“怪诞艺术”运动相关作品的展示。此外,还有一个专门陈列大型陶瓷巨石、风滚草雕塑,以及一位蒙大拿州艺术家用当地材料创作的草图的展厅。未来他们还将举办各种别出心裁且同样引人入胜的展览。
另外值得一看的还有他们的“视觉宝库”——那是一座用于收藏艺术品的独立建筑。你可以透过玻璃进入并观看这些作品的存放与保护场所。真的非常有趣。
比林斯应该感到自豪。