点评:It had been over 4.5 years since we last visited the Booth Western Art Museum. It is a bit far for us to drive (on a regular basis) and there hadn't seemed to be much difference in the exhibits at that time versus our visit prior to that. We were staying overnight nearby so we opted to revisit on a weekend when our bank sponsors free admission.
We parked in a large shared lot across the street that was about 90% full due to a local farmers' market. We arrived around 10:30 a.m. on a Saturday (they open at 10). My assumption was that we'd spent at most a couple of hours here. However, I was mistaken. My impression is that they have added / exchanged a significant percentage of the works on display over the last few years. There were definitely a lot of works I recalled seeing, but there were also many that were unfamiliar. All have associated plaques with notes (some about the context and some about the artists). I read many of these as I browsed.
The artwork is probably 75% paintings and 25% sculptures (percentages vary based on the room / wing you are in). Over the 2 main floors, the galleries included:
- a room showing examples of how works depicting the west evolved decade by decade for ~ 2 centuries.
- rooms of general western works
- themed rooms with subjects like 'cowboys' or 'native peoples'
- a room devoted to new acquisitions
- a separate 'gallery of the U.S. presidents' that is permanent
- a room devoted to traveling exhibits - this one was an artist who painted western scenes (including national parks) with about 90% realism and 10% spiritual / fantasy elements.
- a long hallway devoted to sculptures of a wide array of native tribes
- a large gallery devoted to modern interpretations - including things like a Van Gogh inspired painting of a bull rider, some pop-art by Warhol, etc.
- a room devoted mostly to military work - the burning of Atlanta, the battle of the Alamo, etc.
We spent over 3.5 hours here and left mostly as we were getting tired. I think I covered most of the museum, but there were parts near the end where I spent less time.
The museum also had a temporary photo exhibit in the basement area, as well as a cafe and gift shop. There grounds feature an array of larger sculptures, but it was in the upper 90s that day so we didn't linger outside.
I recall liking this museum when I came here previously, but I enjoyed it even more on this most recent visit. I'll definitely try to return again.
翻译:我们已经有4年半没去过布斯西方艺术博物馆了。对我们来说,开车去那里有点远(无法经常前往),而且那时的展品似乎与我们上次参观时相比也没什么变化。这次我们在附近过夜,于是决定在银行提供免费入场券的那个周末再去参观一次。
我们把车停在街对面一个大型的公共停车场,由于当地正在举办农贸市场,停车场里约90%的车位都已被占用。我们大约在上午10点半到达。一个星期六(他们10点开门)。我原以为我们在这里最多待上几个小时而已。然而,我错了。给我的印象是,过去几年里他们大幅增减/更换了展出的作品。我确实记得以前见过很多作品,但也有不少是从未见过的。每件作品旁边都有说明牌,上面附有注释(有些介绍作品背景,有些介绍艺术家)。我边参观边读了不少这样的说明。这些艺术品中,大概75%是绘画,25%是雕塑(这一比例会因所处的展厅或区域而有所不同)。在两层主要楼层上,各个画廊包括:
- 一个展示室,呈现了约两个世纪以来描绘西方的作品是如何逐年演变的;
- 展示一般西方艺术作品的展厅;
- 以“牛仔”或“原住民”等为主题的主题展厅;
- 一个专门展示新收藏品的展厅;
- 一个独立的“美国艺术画廊”。那些永久展出的作品——
一个专门用来展示巡回展览的展厅:这里展出的是一位艺术家的作品,他画的都是西部风光(包括国家公园),画作中约90%是写实风格,10%则带有灵性或梦幻元素。
一条长长的走廊,墙上陈列着来自各种原住民族群的雕塑作品。
一个大型画廊,专门展示现代风格的艺术作品——比如受梵高启发的关于牛仔骑牛的画作、沃霍尔创作的波普艺术作品等等。这是一个主要用于展示与军事相关内容的展厅——比如亚特兰大被焚、阿拉莫之战等历史场景。
我们在这里逗留了3个半小时左右,后来因为有些疲倦便离开了。我想我几乎逛遍了整个博物馆,不过最后一部分区域我停留的时间较少。
博物馆的地下室还举办着一场临时摄影展览,此外也有咖啡馆和纪念品商店。园区内陈列着多件大型雕塑作品,不过那天气温高达90多华氏度,所以我们并没有在户外久留。我记得以前来过这里时就很喜欢这个博物馆,而这次参观时我更是乐在其中。我一定会再来的。