点评:What a fantastic experience! First: there is the option of a free tour, I think most days. I couldn't recommend enough getting in touch to find out when it's happening. Everyone we met at the gallery was great. Beata, especially, was really supportive and helpful. However, Stanislava did our tour for us and she is a one woman phenomenon: not just a true enthusiast but spectacularly knowledgeable and passionate about sharing insights into the art, artists, the impact of different works and curation.
Second: it's such an interesting collection, thoughtfully put together and very far from standard small city gallery fare. The Debbie Lawson carpet sculpture is a joy, a really arresting Benno Schotz bronze, there's fascinating work from Anne Redpath and Joan Eardley, and I'd not encountered Crosby before. A particular bonus was that many of the curator's notes normally found beside paintings were paralleled by notes written by local school children. What a brilliant idea.
Third: we were there enjoying a brilliant event focussed on the work of JD Fergusson. The art gallery is now housing an incredible collection of his work, including material by Margaret Morris, as the other half of an artistic power couple.
There's plenty else to see and, if you're really lucky, you might also get Stanislava on the tour ☀️
翻译:多么美妙的体验!首先:我认为大多数日子都有免费参观的选择。我强烈建议大家联系一下,了解什么时候有免费参观。我们在画廊遇到的每个人都很棒。特别是 Beata,她非常支持和乐于助人。然而,Stanislava 为我们做了参观,她是一个女性奇才:她不仅是真正的爱好者,而且知识渊博,热衷于分享对艺术、艺术家、不同作品的影响和策展的见解。
第二:这是一个非常有趣的收藏,经过深思熟虑,与标准的小城市画廊非常不同。黛比·劳森的地毯雕塑令人愉悦,本诺·肖茨的青铜雕塑非常引人注目,还有安妮·雷德帕斯和琼·厄德利的迷人作品,我以前从未见过克罗斯比。一个特别的好处是,许多通常在绘画旁边发现的策展人的笔记与当地学童写的笔记相呼应。真是个好主意。
第三:我们在那里享受了一场以 JD Fergusson 的作品为重点的精彩活动。该艺术画廊目前收藏着他令人难以置信的作品,包括玛格丽特·莫里斯的作品,她是这对艺术界的超级夫妇中的另一半。
还有很多其他值得一看的地方,如果你真的很幸运,你还可能在游览中看到斯坦尼斯拉瓦☀️