时间:2013-06-28
What is that?(学生A)
-这是什么?
-You tell me...Carcass by Soutine. 1 925.(老师)
-你来告诉我.(等了一会儿)...苏蒂恩的《屠宰后的牲畜》. 绘于1925年.
-It's not on the syllabus.(学生A)
-教科书上没有
-No, it's not.Is it any good?Come on, ladies. There's no wrong answer.There's also no textbook telling
you what to think.It's not that easy, is it?All right....(老师)
-的确, 上面没有.来吧 女士们. 尽情回答,没有所谓的错误答案。这次课本也不会告诉该思考些什么了。没有那么容易了是吗?好吧...
-No. It's not good.In fact, I wouldn't even call it art. It's grotesque.(学生B)
-哦不. 它很糟糕. 实际上, 我甚至不愿称它为艺术. 如此怪诞丑陋.
-Is there a rule against grotesque art?(老师)
-有法则规定怪诞丑陋的便不是艺术了?
-I think there's something aggressive about it...and erotic.(学生C)
-我觉得这里面富于侵略性...和色情
-To you, everything is erotic.(学生D)
. -对你们来说, 任何事情都是色情的.
-Everything is erotic. (学生C)
-任何事物都与色情有关.
-Girls.(老师)
-女孩们.
-Aren't there standards? (学生E)
-难道不存在标准吗?
-Of course.Otherwise a tacky velvet painting could be equated to a Rembrandt.(学生F)
-当然.否则,艳俗的天鹅绒画亦可 等同于伦伯朗的杰作.
-My Uncle Ferdie has two tacky velvet paintings. He loves those clowns.(学生G)
我的叔叔费迪就有两张俗气的天鹅绒画. 他爱死它们了.
-There are standards, technique, composition, color, even subject.So if you're suggesting that
rotted side of meat is art...much less good art, then what are we going to learn?(学生E)
-艺术是有标准的,需要技巧的, 讲究构图,色彩,以及主题.
因此如果你告诉我们这块腐烂的肉 也算艺术的话...更别提还是艺术杰作, 那么究竟我们要学什么?
-Just that.You have outlined our new syllabus, Betty. Thank you.What is art? What makes it good or bad?And who decides?Next slide, please.Twenty-five years ago someone thought this was brilliant.(老师)
-就是这个.贝蒂,感谢你为我们概述了新的教学大纲,什么是艺术? 怎样区分孰优孰劣?由谁来判定?请翻下一张.25年前有人认为这张画精彩绝伦.
-I can see that. -Who?(学生B)
-看得出来. -这人是谁?
-My mother. I painted it for her birthday.
(老师)
(其他学生都笑了)
Next slide. This is my mom.ls it art?(老师)
-我的母亲. 是我为她生日所画.下一张. 这是我的母亲.这是艺术吗?
-It's a snapshot.(学生A)
-一张快照而已.
-If I told you Ansel Adams had taken it, would that make a difference?(老师)
-如果我告诉你们这是安塞姆 亚当拍摄的呢, 这是否具有决定性意义呢?
-Art isn't art until someone says it is. (学生E)
-是否可称为艺术需由某些人来决定
-It's art! (老师)
. -这就是艺术!
-The right people. (学生E)
-需经权威人士认可
-Who are they?(老师)
. -他们是谁?
-Betty Warren! We're lucky we have one right here.(学生C)
-贝蒂 沃伦!多么荣幸我们中间就有一位.
-Screw you.(学生E)
-去你的.
-Could you go back to the Soutine, please?Just look at it again. Look beyond the paint.
Let us try to open our minds to a new idea.(老师)