Artist Puts Re-imagined Spanish Painting on Venezuelan Streets

2024-01-24 15:29:46来源：网络

Artist Puts Re-imagined Spanish Painting on Venezuelan Streets

艺术家在委内瑞拉街头展示重新构想的西班牙绘画作品

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　　By Dan Friedell

　　19 January 2024

　　A collection of modern statues has been placed around Venezuela's capital Caracas in an attempt to increase local interest in art.

　　A total of 19 fiberglass pieces – created by Venezuelan artist Antonio Azzato – are sitting in public spaces around the city.

　　The statues are modeled after the famous 17th-century painting "Las Meninas" by Spanish artist Diego Velazquez. That piece shows a young princess, Margaret Theresa, being assisted by two helpers. The painting is displayed in Madrid's Prado museum.

　　The larger-than-life statues, or figures, appear in Caracas in modern, colorful designs. They show the same rounded dress shape as the princess in the Velazquez painting. The tops have a head, but no face.

　　The figures are made to look like different people or things. One is painted to look like Gleyber Torres, a baseball player with the New York Yankees who comes from Venezuela. Another represents singer Oscar D'Leon, while others are painted to look like colorful birds or flowers.

　　Azzato told Reuters news agency his street statues are designed to give the public a break from technology and the modern world. He hopes the street placements will persuade people to briefly stop and think about art.

　　"Lots of people don't know Velazquez and don't know Las Meninas," Azzato said. He added he hopes the figures will lead people – particularly younger ones – to be curious about the pieces and "to look closer" at the statues and their meaning.

　　Azzato has put statues in other cities in the past. In all, he says he has created almost 300. Among them were figures made to represent tennis player Rafael Nadal and other famous individuals.

　　I'm Dan Friedell.

　　Dan Friedell adapted this story for Learning English based on a report by Reuters.

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　　作者：Dan Friedell

　　2024年1月19日

　　一组现代雕塑被摆放在委内瑞拉首都加拉加斯周围，以期提高当地对艺术的兴趣。

　　共有19件由委内瑞拉艺术家Antonio Azzato创作的玻璃纤维作品，被摆放在城市的公共空间中。

　　这些雕塑是根据西班牙艺术家Diego Velazquez在17世纪创作的著名画作“Las Meninas”进行塑造的。该画作描绘了一个年轻的公主，Margaret Theresa，由两个助手协助。这幅画现在展示在马德里的普拉多博物馆。

　　这些比实际人物更大的雕塑或人物，以现代且色彩斑斓的设计出现在加拉加斯。他们展示的是与Velazquez画中的公主相同的圆形裙装。顶部有头，但没有脸。

　　这些人物被设计成看起来像不同的人或物。其中一个被绘制得像来自委内瑞拉的纽约洋基队的棒球运动员Gleyber Torres。另一个代表歌手Oscar D'Leon，而其他的则被绘制成看起来像五彩斑斓的鸟或花。

　　Azzato告诉路透社，他的街头雕塑旨在让公众从科技和现代世界中暂时解脱出来。他希望街头的摆放位置能够说服人们暂时停下来，思考艺术。

　　Azzato说：“很多人不了解Velazquez，也不了解Las Meninas。”他补充说，他希望这些雕塑能引导人们——尤其是年轻人——对这些作品产生好奇心，并“更仔细地”观察雕塑及其含义。