The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

 

 

1929년 L.P.브리츠, J.D.록펠러 2세 부인, C.J.설리번 부인 등 5명의 수집가들의 노력으로 창립되어 개관하였다.

사유재단에 의해 운영되며, 1880년대 이후의 회화 ·조각 ·소묘 ·판화로부터 사진 ·건축 ·공업 및 상업 디자인 등 우수작품을 전시하는 외에 1층 전시장에서는 몇 종류의 특별기획전을 항상 개최한다.

또 영화 필름의 수집 상영, 출판활동 등으로부터 미술도서관(국제 미술연구센터)의 개설 ·정비, 미술관 순회전람회 개최, 작품의 대출 서비스 등 다양한 활동을 한다.

소장품은 2만 점이 넘는데, C.모네(1804∼1926)의 《수련(睡蓮)》, H.루소(1844∼1910)의 《잠자는 집시》, H.마티스(1869∼1954)의 《댄스》 이외에도 최근까지 생존했던 작가들의 작품도 있다.

특히 P.R.피카소가 대작 《게르니카》를 1982년까지 기탁한 것도 대중에 대한 근대미술의 계몽과 미술관 활동을 높이 평가했기 때문이다.

1984년 인접지를 매수, 2배 이상의 전시공간을 확보하여 새로운 모습으로 변모하였다.

매주 수요일, 추수감사절과 크리스마스만 휴관한다.

 

 

Throughout its history, The Museum of Modern Art has used architecture as a vehicle for self-renewal and regeneration. The recently completed building project represents MoMA's most extensive redefinition since its founding seventy-five years ago. The Museum combines new spaces with MoMA's original architecture to dramatically enhance its dynamic collection of modern and contemporary art. MoMA conducted an extensive worldwide search for an architect who would not simply add on to the Museum's existing architecture, but would be able to transform MoMA's various buildings and additions into a unified whole. Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi won the commission with a design that would, in his own words, "transform MoMA into a bold new museum while maintaining its historical, cultural, and social context." The 630,000-square-foot Museum has nearly twice the capacity of the former facility. The new six-story David and Peggy Rockefeller Building houses the main collection and temporary exhibition galleries. Taniguchi worked closely with curators to refine his concept into a design that would expertly accommodate the type and scale of works displayed. Spacious galleries for contemporary art are located on the second floor, with more intimately scaled galleries for the collection on the levels above. Expansive, skylit galleries for temporary exhibitions are located on the top floor. MoMA's Film and Media program resumes in the two refurbished Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters, located below the lobby level. In the expanded Museum lobby, Taniguchi takes inspiration from the unique vitality of the streets of midtown Manhattan. This bustling interior promenade connects Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Streets and offers spectacular views of both The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden and the light-filled Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, which soars 110 feet above street level. The lobby also serves as the Museum's "information center," with multiple ticket counters; information about membership, exhibitions, and programs; and access to the Museum's theaters, restaurant, stores, and garden. Masterworks of modern sculpture, seasonal plantings, and reflecting pools once again welcome visitors to the beloved Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, which Taniguchi identified as "perhaps the most distinctive single element of the Museum today." The architect preserved Philip Johnson's original 1953 design and re-established the garden's southern terrace to create an elegant outdoor patio for The Modern, the Museum's new fine-dining restaurant. Interior work continues on MoMA's new, eight-story Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building. When complete, it will offer five times more space for educational and research activities, including an expanded Library and Archives, a reading room, a 125-seat auditorium, workshop space for teacher training programs, study centers, and a lobby with magnificent views of the Sculpture Garden. With his design for The Museum of Modern Art, Taniguchi has demonstrated that architectural expression and the proper environment for looking at art can be brilliantly intertwined. The result, in the architect's own words, is "an ideal environment for art and people [created] through the imaginative and disciplined use of light, materials, and space."

 

참고삼아 인터넷 싸이트에서 찾아 올림!!^^ 미국의 뉴욕에 있는 미술관으로 1929년에 설립되었다.

나는 미술품에는 별로 큰 느낌을 못받지만, city pass에 있기 때문에 꼭 가봐야했다.

좋았다. 시간만 더 많았더라면 하는 아쉬움이 많이 들었다.

안에서는 사진을 찍을수가 없어서 밖에서 찍은것만 올림ㅋㅋ