新西兰英语 155 The Venice Art Biennale

　　New Zealand has chosen two artists to represent our country in Venice for the Biennale Art Exhibition, Judy Millar and Francis Upritchard. They will be among artists from 90 other countries. This is the most famous biennale (which means every two years) in the world and countries have to be invited. The first Venice Biennale was 114 years ago. New Zealand has only exhibited¹ three times before. The cost is huge – more than $1 million, with money coming from Creative NZ and Te Papa. New Zealand opened their exhibition at dawn today with a Maori welcome, 200 VIPs (very important persons) at a breakfast, and New Zealand food. Tomorrow, the exhibitions are open to the media then the public opening is on June 7th. The Biennale closes on 22nd November.
Works² of art are in different buildings around Venice. Judy Millar’s work, called “Giraffe – Bottle – Gun” is in a beautiful old church. She has a large painting in the centre in the shape of a cylinder³, with seven other paintings leaning against the walls. They are digitally produced, that is produced by a computer. Just 10 minutes walk away is the work of the sculptor⁴, Francis Upritchard, which is called “Save Yourself”. They are figures which she says are “searchers, dreamers and dancers” lost in a dream.
Next year, these works of art will be exhibited in Te Papa in Wellington for us all to see.

1 exhibited   

v.陈列，展览( exhibit的过去式和过去分词 )；表现；显示；[法律]当庭出示（证件、物证等）

参考例句：

• Constable's landscapes met with indifference when they were first exhibited. 康斯特布尔的风景画在首次展出时受到了冷遇。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some impatience was exhibited owing to the non-arrival of the speaker. 由于讲演人未到，听众显得有些不耐烦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

3 cylinder   

n.圆筒，柱(面)，汽缸

参考例句：

• What's the volume of this cylinder?这个圆筒的体积有多少？
• The cylinder is getting too much gas and not enough air.汽缸里汽油太多而空气不足。

4 sculptor   

n.雕刻家，雕刻家

参考例句：

• A sculptor forms her material.雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。
• The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。