Are the exhibits reflecting light? "Pot" is still an audience in the museum, and the exhibition halls of museums and art galleries are secretly poking at it.
"Every time I walk out of a museum or art gallery after watching an exhibition, I feel like I'm enlightened. Later I found out that it was not only the shock of the art, but also the dim lighting in the museum."
Citizen Liu Lu recently saw someone complaining about lighting issues in cultural and museum venues on social media, and she resonated with them. Dark movement lines, blurred text, reflective exhibits... With the rise of the cultural museum craze, more and more visitors have higher requirements for the exhibition hall environment and furnishings of cultural museum venues. Many visitors hope that the lighting in the exhibition hall will be more natural.
However, reporters also found during visits that different audiences have different needs and feelings for exhibitions, which tests the wisdom of curatorial displays at cultural museums.
Liu Lu was deeply impressed by a popular art exhibition that just concluded in Shanghai not long ago. The last part of the exhibition hall concentrates many of the most important works of this exhibition. The exhibition hall display has a sense of ritual: these works are hung sparsely in the exhibition hall, and the light hits these works. The rest of the exhibition hall is almost dark. "Enter the door I almost tripped." When I came out of the exhibition hall at about four o'clock in the afternoon, "I was blinded by the sunshine, and my head was buzzing."
The discomfort caused by the dim light in the exhibition halls of museums and art galleries is not only caused by the strong contrast between indoors and outdoors. "Originally, the light in the exhibition hall is dark, and the colors of the text and background are very close. It is too 'eye-weary' to watch an exhibition." Mr. Chen, a citizen, remembered watching an exhibition in a large art museum. "The background wall was dark red, and the text It’s pink.” When communicating with a friend, he was told that such a color combination was not “outrageous”: “The background of some exhibitions is light brown, the text is light yellow, and the dim lighting makes it difficult to read unless you get close. not see."
The reflection problems of some exhibits directly affect the audience's appreciation. At a large-scale art exhibition not long ago, citizen Huang Huang was taking a picture of a landscape painting with his mobile phone. He was surprised to find "three suns" appearing in the sky above the picture. When he looked closely, it turned out to be lights facing the exhibit. After searching, he found that there were many viewers with the same situation as him on social media. In some of the photos posted, the reflection even directly caused some areas of the exhibits to be unclear.
Why are the lights in cultural and museum venues generally dark? According to industry insiders, such light is first of all to protect cultural relics and exhibits, especially silk fabrics, books, calligraphy and paintings, etc., which are prone to rapid aging under strong light exposure. In addition, the contrast between the light in the exhibition hall and the exhibits can highlight the key points and make the exhibits clearer. Nowadays, some exhibition lighting designs will also match the theme to create an atmosphere.
"Many overseas cultural and museum venues will introduce natural light or simulate natural light in the exhibition hall, which is more eye-friendly for the audience." When Liu Lu visited places such as the Louvre in France and the British Museum in the United Kingdom, they all had exhibition spaces close to natural light. "This seems to also It does not reduce the prominence of the exhibits.”
Shanghai’s cultural and museum venues are also paying more and more attention to the audience’s perception of light. Each floor of Shanghai Bo East Pavilion is equipped with floor-to-ceiling glass, platforms or outdoor areas, and some exhibition halls also introduce natural light. The Ancient Chinese Sculpture Hall, which has been put into trial operation before, appropriately dims the light to be close to natural light without hampering the safety of cultural relics. This not only conforms to the original display environment of these exhibits, but also reflects the material of the cultural relics more clearly. The "Zeng Fanzhi: Past and Present" previously held by Pudong Art Museum used relatively natural light, and some exhibition halls also introduced natural light, so that the exhibits complemented the outdoor scenery.
The large-scale work "Zeng Fanzhi: Past and Present" was exhibited using natural light.
"The light of the exhibition needs to be balanced and meet various needs." According to industry insiders, for research and viewing, the light has detailed differences; and the same light is experienced by viewers and children above 1.8 meters, even when viewed with the naked eye. The effect is different from taking pictures with a mobile phone. When many visitors enter cultural museums, they are still accustomed to thinking that "the closer they are, the better." However, for some large-scale exhibits, it is more appropriate to maintain a certain distance to appreciate them.
At the "Glory Era: Spanish Past in the Prado Museum" currently being held at the Pudong Art Museum, there are many large-scale oil paintings on display. The reporter saw at the scene that the picture of "Felipe IV in Hunting Suit" is very tall. When viewed at a close distance, not only the top of the picture is visually distorted, but also reflections appear on the edges. Such distortion will not occur when viewed at a distance of about three meters from the picture. question. However, there are still many viewers who will get closer to the picture, or even cross the isolation line with their mobile phones to take pictures, and the faces of the characters in the painting can hardly be seen clearly.
You can enjoy the full view of "The Triton Fountain of Aranjuez Island Garden", but it is blocked by the audience in front.
Next to "The Triton Fountain of Aranjuez Island Garden", the exhibition organizers designed seats where you can enjoy the entire painting. However, many spectators gathered in front of the painting to watch and take photos up close. "I can clearly see the position of the entire painting, but my line of sight is blocked by the 'face-loving people', and there will be lighting problems if I crowd in front to take pictures, so I yelled 'Lightning Protection' on social media." Ms. Wu, an audience member at the scene, remembered, and Some paintings in an art exhibition will suffer from the problem of "light turning into the sun" when photographed at close range, but this problem disappears if you take a few steps back. "But people still like to squeeze to the front."
"It's a good thing for curators to have their own ideas, but they can't ignore the audience's feelings." She hopes that curators and exhibition halls can go through the exhibition from the perspective of the audience before it opens, "especially considering that there are currently a lot of visitors. According to the situation, the details will be polished." Ms. Wu suggested that when there are generally many novice visitors, you can try to mark the "best viewing position" on the floor of the exhibition hall to guide more people to experience the overall effect, and then watch the brushstrokes at close range. detail.
