点评:Deeply disappointing. We crossed Europe to the home of some 2000 pieces by Klee, and what did we find? Three vast aircraft hangars. One entirely empty. A second is a cafe and children's play area ( though none visible). The third nearly empty but in the basement, you can see about 80 Klees - or 4% of his oeuvre. Reason given, his work is so sensitive that it will decay if exposed to light. Nonsense. Klee paintings in MOMA and Tate are on display for very long periods. Some drawings may be light sensitive but subdued lighting is commonly used by galleries all over the world to deal with this. Taking what is said literally, Klees' works spend 6-7 years at a stretch hidden away in the dark! The Klee Zentrum isn't a place for showing you Klees work, but for hiding them from you. Appalling. Not what Klee would have wanted!
Why, then? Clear case of institutional capture, when management lose sight of the institution's original purpose and becomes internally focused, seeing public not as beneficiaries but as a problem or threat.
Shameful.
翻译:令人极其失望。我们横跨欧洲来到克利中心,这里收藏着大约2000件克利的作品,结果却看到了什么?三个巨大的飞机库。其中一个空空如也。第二个被改造成了咖啡馆和儿童游乐区(虽然看不到任何作品)。第三个几乎空无一物,但在地下室里,你可以看到大约80幅克利的作品——仅占他全部作品的4%。给出的理由是,他的作品非常敏感,一旦暴露在光线下就会腐烂。简直是胡说八道。纽约现代艺术博物馆(MoMA)和泰特美术馆(Tate)的克利画作展出时间都很长。有些素描作品可能对光线敏感,但世界各地的画廊通常都会使用柔和的灯光来解决这个问题。如果按照字面意思理解,克利的作品岂不是要一连六七年都藏在黑暗中?克利中心不是用来展示克利作品的地方,而是用来把它们藏起来的。太可怕了。这绝对不是克利想要看到的!
那么,这究竟是为什么呢?这是典型的机构俘获案例,管理层丧失了对机构初衷的认知,变得只关注内部事务,将公众视为问题或威胁而非受益者。
令人羞耻。