点评:The National Museum of Asian Art has two parts. The Sackler Gallery is underground and features rotating temporary exhibits. "The Print Generation" featured Japanese prints made during the mid-20th century. One interesting print was a portrait of James Michener, 1957, by Hiratsuka Un'ichi. The artist surrounded Michener with Japanese artworks, including his own at the upper right. The museum has this work in its collections and displayed it to the right of Michener's portrait. It is titled Bunraku Puppet "Yaoya Oshichi", 1952.
"Striking Objects: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork" featured 17 vessels that were made out of hammered metal. The one in my photo by Hagino Noriko (2016) is comprised of over 300 metal strips, hammered together.
The other museum of Asian Art is the Freer Gallery. When Charles Lang Freer donated his collection to the Smithsonian, he attached the conditions that no loan objects could be exhibited and no additional items could be purchased. Hence the Sackler Gallery hosts the temporary exhibitions and the Freer Gallery shows exclusively items from Freer's collection.
One of the treasures of the Freer Gallery is the Peacock Room by James McNeill Whistler. It was painted in 1876-77 for the London townhouse of Frederick Leyland. The mural illustrates the quarrel between Whistler and Leyland. Freer purchased the room in 1904 and brought it to his home in America in order to display his collection of porcelain. It is an experience to go inside the room and admire Whistler's painting and the porcelain displayed on the shelves.
翻译:国立亚洲艺术博物馆分为两部分。萨克勒画廊位于地下,设有轮流临时展览。“版画一代”展出了 20 世纪中期制作的日本版画。一幅有趣的版画是平塚云一 (Hiratsuka Un'ichi) 于 1957 年创作的詹姆斯·米切纳 (James Michener) 肖像。艺术家用日本艺术品包围着米切纳,包括右上方他自己的作品。博物馆收藏了这幅作品,并将其展示在米切纳肖像的右侧。它名为文乐木偶“Yaoya Oshichi”,1952 年。
“引人注目的物品:当代日本金属制品”展出了 17 件用锤打金属制成的器皿。我照片中的 Hagino Noriko (2016) 由 300 多条金属条锤打而成。
另一个亚洲艺术博物馆是弗利尔美术馆。当查尔斯·朗·弗利尔 (Charles Lang Freer) 将他的藏品捐赠给史密森尼学会时,他附加了条件,即不得展出任何借出的物品,也不得购买其他物品。因此,萨克勒画廊举办临时展览,而弗利尔画廊则专门展出弗利尔的藏品。
弗利尔画廊的珍品之一是詹姆斯·麦克尼尔·惠斯勒的《孔雀室》。这幅画作于 1876-77 年,是为弗雷德里克·莱兰的伦敦联排别墅而作。壁画描绘了惠斯勒和莱兰之间的争吵。弗利尔于 1904 年购买了这个房间,并将其带回他在美国的家中,以展示他的瓷器收藏。进入房间欣赏惠斯勒的画作和架子上陈列的瓷器是一种体验。