点评:The National Gallery is a wonderful place to see a vast selection of both Australian and international art. The collection is truly extensive and breathtaking. The gallery is free to enter and when we went today (Sunday) the parking was also free.
We came to see one particular exhibition today “Masami Teraoka and Japanese Ukiyo-E Prints” and though this review is focused on this, the first exhibition of Teraoka’s work held in Australia, we also walked through many gallery spaces admiring incredible works of art, furniture & breathtaking installations to reach it. The gallery staff were all wonderful and happily answered all questions.
The Masami Teraoka’s work is a fusion of the traditional Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints with western influences. Themes range from eroticism and beautiful women to supernatural beings to globalism and HIV/AIDS. His works AIDS Series/Makiki Heights Disaster (1988) AIDS Series/Geisha in Bath (2008) are incredible and captivating.
More highlights include the McDonald’s Hamburgers Invading Japan/Tattooed Woman and Geisha III (2018) & Sarah and Octopus/Seventh Heaven (2001).
Other leading ukiyo-e exponents featured in the exhibition include Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Toyohara Kunichika.
We absolutely loved this exhibition and it is well worth visiting. I am from Saigon and I did a side trip from Sydney just to see this. If you live locally it is truly one of those rare must see exhibitions.
翻译:国家美术馆是欣赏澳大利亚和国际艺术作品的绝佳场所。馆藏丰富,令人叹为观止。美术馆免费入场,我们今天(周日)去的时候停车也是免费的。
我们今天来看了一个特别的展览“寺冈正美和日本浮世绘版画”,虽然这篇评论主要关注的是这个展览,这是寺冈作品在澳大利亚的首次展览,但我们也走过了许多画廊空间,欣赏了令人难以置信的艺术品、家具和令人惊叹的装置。美术馆的工作人员都很棒,很乐意回答所有问题。
寺冈正美的作品融合了日本传统的浮世绘木版画和西方的影响。主题从色情和美女到超自然生物,再到全球主义和艾滋病毒/艾滋病。他的作品艾滋病系列/真木高地灾难(1988 年)艾滋病系列/巴斯的艺伎(2008 年)令人难以置信,引人入胜。
更多亮点包括麦当劳汉堡入侵日本/纹身女人和艺伎 III (2018) 和莎拉和章鱼/第七天堂 (2001)。
展览中展出的其他浮世绘领军人物包括葛饰北斋、歌川国贞、歌川国芳、月冈芳年和丰原国近。
我们非常喜欢这个展览,非常值得一看。我来自西贡,从悉尼顺道过来就是为了看这个展览。如果你住在当地,这确实是那些少有的必看展览之一。