4/5 Hiroaki K. 2 years ago on Google
広々とした空間に幾何学的に壁や柱が配置されている、展示品も勿論ですが建物自体も興味深い構造になっている美術館です。建物自体が大きいだけでなく複数ある各展示室自体も広々としているため、常設展・企画展を合わせて鑑賞しても1時間は簡単に過ぎてしまいます。
1階と2階の2階構成となっており、1階で主に企画展、2階で常設展が展示されています。特に2階は展示室によっては広さだけでなく天井の高さもあり、特に天窓から差し込む陽の光を巧みに活用した現代アート作品が展示されていることもあります。
美術館の名前に『近代』とあるため、常設展では19世紀以降の西洋・東洋の芸術家の作品が展示されています。中には世界的に著名な芸術家の作品もあります。一方で、この美術館で蒐集した作品を展示し、広く県民に楽しんでもらうことを主眼としているためか、常設展の作品の展示の仕方にはあまり統一性を感じませんでした。一方企画展は近世の作品が展示されていることもあり、特に群馬県にゆかりのある芸術家の作品が展示されます。
全ての展示室で監視員が常駐していますが、その数が多いのもこの美術館の特徴の一つです。残念ながら彼らは学芸員ではないようです。人によってはその監視状況にあまり落ち着かないかもしれません。
It's
a
museum
with
an
interesting
structure,
not
only
in
terms
of
the
exhibits
but
also
in
terms
of
the
building
itself,
with
walls
and
pillars
arranged
geometrically
in
a
wide
space.
Not
only
is
the
building
itself
large,
but
each
of
the
multiple
exhibition
rooms
is
also
spacious,
making
it
easy
to
spend
an
hour
in
the
museum,
even
if
you
visit
the
permanent
and
special
exhibitions
together.
The
museum
consists
of
two
floors,
the
first
and
second,
with
the
first
floor
mainly
used
for
special
exhibitions
and
the
second
floor
for
the
permanent
collection.
The
second
floor,
in
particular,
is
not
only
spacious
but
also
has
high
ceilings
in
some
of
the
exhibition
rooms,
and
there
are
some
contemporary
artworks
on
display
that
make
particularly
good
use
of
the
sunlight
coming
through
the
skylights.
As
the
museum's
name
implies
"modern,"
the
permanent
exhibition
features
works
by
Western
and
Eastern
artists
from
the
19th
century
onward.
Some
of
the
works
are
by
world-renowned
artists.
On
the
other
hand,
I
didn't
feel
that
there
was
much
uniformity
in
the
way
the
works
in
the
permanent
collection
were
displayed,
probably
because
the
main
purpose
of
the
museum
is
to
display
the
collected
works
and
have
them
widely
enjoyed
by
the
people
of
Gunma
prefecture.
The
special
exhibitions,
on
the
other
hand,
feature
works
from
the
early
modern
period,
especially
those
by
artists
associated
with
Gunma
Prefecture.
There
are
monitors
in
all
the
exhibition
rooms,
and
one
of
the
unique
features
of
this
museum
is
the
large
number
of
them.
Unfortunately,
they
do
not
seem
to
be
curators.
Some
people
may
not
feel
very
comfortable
with
that
surveillance
situation.
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