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VOA常速英语2015--国家肖像美术馆的名人展

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国家肖像美术馆的名人展

The National Portrait Gallery holds more than 21,000 portraits in its collection, posters, paintings, and photographs. A new exhibition, “Eye Pop: Celebrity1 Gaze,” displays 53 of them. The theme is "Celebrity," but associate curator Dorothy Moss2 said perhaps not the celebrities3 that you have in mind.

国家肖像美术馆馆藏了2.1万多名名人肖像,包括海报、绘画以及摄影。新展“惊奇:名人的凝视”将展出其中的53名。此次展览的主题为“名人”,但是美术馆副馆长桃乐茜·莫斯认为我们不应该只关注那些名人。

We're not just thinking about celebrity in terms of a People Magazine. We’re really looking at 'celebrity' across fields. There will be subjects in the exhibition who will be immediately recognizable to visitors, and others who might not be.

参观者不应该只想着《人物》杂志上的那些名人。不过我们确实展出了各个领域的一些知名人物。在一些主题展中,某些名人的名字如雷贯耳,然而还有一些我们或许并不太熟悉。

Walking past the portraits sparks questions, not only about who a celebrity is, but also about how celebrities are made.

在参展途中,我们不仅会问及名人的身份,还会对他们成名的方式提出疑问。

In this media age, where we are all using social media, the status of celebrity is changing rapidly. Almost anyone can become a celebrity right now. And we hope our visitors will think critically about that when walking through the exhibition.

在如今的媒体时代,我们使用的是社会化媒体,名人的身份也是日新月异。如今,几乎所有人都能够成为名人。所以当我们参观展览时,我们希望游客能够运用批判性思维进行思考。

The newest portrait in the exhibition, and one that most people would recognize, is of American actor Brad Pitt, by Irish artist Collin Davidson. The two spent many hours together, since Pitt was interested in learning how to paint from Davidson.

美术馆中最新名人肖像,同样也是人们最为熟知的人物,爱尔兰艺术家柯林·戴维森所绘画的美国影星布拉德·皮特。皮特对戴维森的绘画非常感兴趣,两人用了数小时的时间完成了这部作品。

In the next room are portraits of people who have less recognizable faces, but very well-known achievements,celebrities like the founders4 of Google, and architect Maya Lin, who designed the Vietnam Memorial.

旁边的一间展室展出了许多并不是那么为人所知的人物,但是他们所做出的成就却众所周知,例如谷歌创始人、以及越战纪念碑的建筑师林璎。

The portrait of young jazz musician Esperanza Spalding is done not on canvas, but on video. She is lying down and listening to her favorite song.

年轻的爵士音乐家埃斯佩兰萨·斯伯丁的展览并不是画像,而是录像。录像中的她正平躺着听自己喜欢的音乐。

And that’s a very important part of the portrait because the artist, Bo Gehring, asks his subjects to lie down on essentially5 in bed and he asks subjects to choose a piece of music that has deep personal meaning, and he is trying to capture the emotional response to music overtime6.

这对于画像非常重要,因为艺术家博格林要求名人躺在床上,并要求他们选一首富有深刻含义的歌曲,从而捕捉名人对音乐所产生的情感。

Other artists take a more critical view of celebrity. Mickalene Thomas'signature technique is to encrust her prints with rhinestones7.

对于名人,还有些艺术家的思想更具批判色彩。艺术家米卡琳·托马斯的签名全部用莱茵石所覆盖。

On the opposite wall is a print by Deb Cassis that seems utterly8 familiar. It references Andy Warhol’s famous portraits of celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor.

另一面墙上的摄影作品是人们非常熟知的德布·卡西斯的作品。并引用了安迪·沃霍尔的著名肖像作品,例如玛丽莲·梦露以及伊丽莎白·泰勒。

 

The National Portrait Gallery is known for displaying the portraits of famous Americans. Its "Celebrity" exhibition broadens that definition.

国家肖像美术馆以展出美国名人画像而远近闻名。而“名人”展远不止名人这么简单。


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1 celebrity xcRyQ     
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
参考例句:
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
2 moss X6QzA     
n.苔,藓,地衣
参考例句:
  • Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
  • He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。
3 celebrities d38f03cca59ea1056c17b4467ee0b769     
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
参考例句:
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
4 founders 863257b2606659efe292a0bf3114782c     
n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. 他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。 来自辞典例句
  • The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality. 我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。 来自辞典例句
5 essentially nntxw     
adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
参考例句:
  • Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
  • She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
6 overtime aKqxn     
adj.超时的,加班的;adv.加班地
参考例句:
  • They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
  • He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。
7 rhinestones dcb612be9f13d39000a021ac07a5d071     
n.莱茵石,人造钻石( rhinestone的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • It's got rhinestones and zebra stripes on it. 上面有人造钻石,还是斑马条的。 来自电影对白
  • The final touch was a single white glove, studded with rhinestones. 最触动人的是一只白色手套,上面点缀着人造钻石。 来自互联网
8 utterly ZfpzM1     
adv.完全地,绝对地
参考例句:
  • Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
  • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
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