点评:Planned to visit NGV for the Cartier Exhibition before it closed but then discovered that a Margaret Preston exhibition was opening at the NGV in Federation Square.
Flew down from Sydney and decided to see Margaret Preston before checking into my hotel. The NGV Ian Potter Centre cloakroom was able to hold my small suitcase for me whilst I thoroughly enjoyed the extensive MP exhibition. Not only was the exhibition bigger than expected, it covered her contentious cultural appropriation of Aboriginal art that I was unaware of. The highlight was the beautiful large scale still artworks of Australian flora in vases painted at her Berowra NSW home for the 1939 New York World Fair. After spending 1 1/2 hrs at the exhibit, I had a breather at the NGV cafe - a very nice Chai and a slice of ‘Margaret Preston inspired spice cake’ before heading back into the gallery to explore the free exhibits. A very pleasant way to spend the afternoon. And the staff had no problem changing the time of my pre-booked and paid ticket as I arrived an hour earlier than I expected.
翻译:原定在卡地亚展览闭展前去NGV参观,但后来发现联邦广场的NGV正在举办玛格丽特·普雷斯顿的展览。
我从悉尼飞过来后,决定先去参观玛格丽特·普雷斯顿的展览,再去酒店办理入住。在我尽情欣赏这场规模宏大的玛格丽特·普雷斯顿展览时,NGV伊恩·波特中心的衣帽间帮我妥善存放了小行李箱。这场展览的规模远超预期。展览内容涉及她挪用原住民艺术这一颇具争议的行为,而此前我对此并不知情。最精彩的部分要数那些为1939年纽约世界博览会而创作的、以澳大利亚花卉为主题的大型静物画——这些画作是她在新南威尔士州贝罗拉的家中完成的。在展览现场逗留了一个半小时后,我在NGV的咖啡馆里稍作休息:品尝了一杯美味的印度香料茶,还吃了一块“受玛格丽特·普雷斯顿启发而制作的香料蛋糕”,随后才重返画廊去参观那些免费开放的展览。这是一种度过午后的绝佳方式。当我比预期提前一小时到达时,工作人员毫无顾虑地帮我更改了已预订且付款的票券上的时间。