This is a continuation of my relaxing Hakone excursion. Being of a certain age, I tend to take my “excursions” more slowly in cooler places rather than actively moving around and playing.
This time, I took a photo walk at the Pola Museum of Art in Gora area.
This was my first visit to the museum, and I was surprised. It was a real, authentic art museum. The “museums in name only” in many tourist spots should reflect on what they are doing and stand in the corridor. Yes, I should be standing with them. I apologize to all the people involved for my ignorance.
On this day, the front entrance was closed and visitors entered and exited through the service entrance, which was an unusual way of operating the facility. Unfortunately, the light rain made it more difficult to take pictures of the front of the museum, and the modern and aesthetically pleasing building.
At least I was able to look back at the vaulted ceiling through the contemporary artwork at the entrance of the exhibition rooms.
The regulations were difficult to follow: only a part of the exhibited works could be photographed. Since even “a part” of the exhibition was quite a large number, I tried to carefully select and photograph only those pieces that struck a chord with me, but I still ended up with a lot of photos.
The following is a list of the selected works, in no particular order, from the special exhibition and the permanent one.
Also this. Anyway, the horizontal… I’m not going to fix it as a material for reflection.
And the famous “statue of Reiko”.
I wonder how many water lilies Monet painted in his lifetime.
Richter displayed alongside Monet in a special exhibition.
The light is impressive Hammershoi.
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I hope this quick list conveys the “out of the ordinary” feel of this museum.
The beautiful, modern interior of the museum was designed to allow bright sunlight to shine through.
Back to the works on display.
It seems to me that with abstract works, depending on the combination of viewer x work, there is a clear distinction between those that move the viewer and those that don’t.
This was my first time seeing Kazuo Shiraga’s work in person. It’s very strong.
Natsuyuki Nakanishi: “Laundry baskets insist on agitation action.” I was kinda plugged into this piece.
“Opticks” by Hiroshi Sugimoto. This work uses the spectrum as its subject matter to “create new paintings using light as paint”(said the artist). I was also attracted to this work.
This work may be one of the best example. Even just taking a snapshot of this level of work really makes you realize how difficult it is to convey the colors and textures in a photograph of a work of art, not just this one. I tried to keep the colors and contrast as natural as possible, but I wondered if this was the right way to go about it, and if there was something overwhelmingly wrong.
When I imagine how to make an art exhibition catalogue or a photo book of the artist’s work, I feel a little dizzy with the distance we have to go.
Returning to the first starting point, I took a look at the atrium from below, focusing on contemporary art.
The fisheye shot was just for fun, so I hope everyone involved will forgive me for taking it with a broad, open heart.
I feel like I’ve ended up introducing snapshots of my work. If you think these tiny photos don’t do it justice, please visit the Pola Museum of Art before getting angry with me.
It is a very nice place where you can enjoy half a day if you take a walk around and have a cup of tea at a nice museum cafe. I regret that I missed a walk in the garden that day for various reasons.
Equipment used: LUMIX G99, Leica DG12-60mm, LUMIX G FISHEYE8
