2018年CRI 中国雕塑艺术家作品“浮石”现身珀斯雕塑展

The "Sculpture by the Sea" festival is now in its 14th year at Cottesloe Beach west of Perth.

Chinese contemporary artist Zhan Wang created his art work especially for the festival after he was invited to attend by Tourism Western Australia.

The 57-year-old Beijing-based artist has exhibited extensively in the world's most prestigious¹ museums and institutions.

His work was the first by a Chinese contemporary sculptor² to be added to the collection of the Metropolitan³ Museum of Art in New York, one of the world's premier⁴ art institutions.

The "Floating Rock" is the latest addition to Zhan Wang's well-known "Artificial Rocks" series.

Zhan started the series back in 1995 to express a feeling of change, freedom, and the unknown in a rich and chaotic⁵ world.

The two-meter-tall and four-meter-wide "Floating Rock" is anchored to the sea floor, which makes this exhibition a dream-come-true for the artist.

"The key here is that no one has ever tried this, I'm the pioneer, and that is the most important thing in artistic⁶ creation. If your work is thought-provoking, it will grip the viewers' imagination. I think part of the function of art is to inspire people's imagination, and the other part is to express the artist's own ideas."

"Floating Rock" is one of more than 70 sculptures installed at the beach.

They include two other works by Chinese artists.

Local visitors have enjoyed seeing art works coming from a different cultural perspective.

"I think they are quite unique and different to Australian artists. Australian artists, I think, are very raw, whereas Chinese art are very polished. It's definitely particular to your culture. The 'Floating Rock' is crazy! How does someone think of that idea!"

David Handley is the exhibition's founding director.

He says bringing in international artists, including those from China, has been a great success, with art works from China being well received by visitors.

"The wish back in 2004 to start engaging with China and India has been a reasonably successful and very happy journey. So in this exhibition we have three artists from China and one from India, and we'd always like some more."

"Sculpture by the Sea" is one of the world's largest free outdoor sculpture exhibitions.

Since the inaugural⁷ exhibition back in 2005, around 500 artists have exhibited at Cottesloe, including some of the world's best sculptures.

This year's exhibition, which opened on March 2, is expected to attract more than 200 thousand visitors.

The festival will run until March 19.

1 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

2 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。

3 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。

4 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

5 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

6 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

7 inaugural   

adj.就职的；n.就职典礼

参考例句：

• We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
• Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。