展览艺术体现在“包”中

经过几周的传闻后，洛杉矶当代艺术博物馆昨日证实村上隆的作品回顾展于10月29日对外开放，此展包括一个路易斯•威登精品店，销售村上隆为展览定制的手提包、钱夹等。博物馆称路易斯•威登将支付这个1000平方英尺的建设和人员费用，并且任何销售收入都不会归入到由公共财政支持的博物馆中。然而每次当一些博物馆指责越来越多的展览与商业利益有着紧密联系时，博物馆的官员就会努力地为将此店加入的行动辩解，声称它“象征了高雅艺术、大众文化和商业的交织融合，而这已成为村上隆哲学的精华。”村上隆先生的艺术作品很早就包括了制造消费者的奢侈品。该博物馆的馆长、曾邀路易斯•威登加入的保罗•西蒙说此店将鼓励观众去“深刻感受村上隆的商业化作品，这种他们将在最复杂的绘画、雕塑和展览中才有的深刻感受。”

After weeks of rumors, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles confirmed yesterday that a retrospective of the work of Takashi Murakami, opening on Oct. 29, would include a fully functioning Louis Vuitton boutique, to sell handbags and coin purses customized for the show by Mr. Murakami. The museum said that Louis Vuitton would pay for the construction and staff of the 1,000-square-foot boutique, and that no revenues from its sales would go to the museum, which receives some public financing. But at a time when several museums have been criticized for close relationships with commercial interests in the mounting of exhibitions, the museum’s officials took pains to justify their decision to include the store, saying that it “symbolizes the interweaving of high art, mass culture and commerce that has become essential to Murakami’s philosophy.” Mr. Murakami’s artwork has long included creating consumer and luxury goods. The museum’s chief curator, Paul Schimmel, who asked Louis Vuitton to participate, said the store would encourage viewers to “experience the commercial work of Murakami as profoundly as they will the most complex paintings, sculptures and exhibitions.”