What is that?(學生A)
-這是什麽?
-You tell me...Carcass by Soutine. 1 925.(老師)
-你來告訴我.(等了一會兒)...蘇蒂恩的《屠宰後的牲畜》. 繪於1925年.
-It's not on the syllabus.(學生A)
-教科書上沒有
-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....(老師)
-的確, 上麵沒有.來吧 女士們. 盡情回答,沒有所謂的錯誤答案。這次課本也不會告訴該思考些什麽了。沒有那麽容易了是嗎?好吧...
-No. It's not good.In fact, I wouldn't even call it art. It's grotesque.(學生B)
-哦不. 它很糟糕. 實際上, 我甚至不願稱它為藝術. 如此怪誕醜陋.
-Is there a rule against grotesque art?(老師)
-有法則規定怪誕醜陋的便不是藝術了?
-I think there's something aggressive about it...and erotic.(學生C)
-我覺得這裏麵富於侵略性...和OK
-To you, everything is erotic.(學生D)
. -對你們來說, 任何事情都是OK的.
-Everything is erotic. (學生C)
-任何事物都與色情有關.
-Girls.(老師)
-女孩們.
-Aren't there standards? (學生E)
-難道不存在標準嗎?
-Of course.Otherwise a tacky velvet painting could be equated to a Rembrandt.(學生F)
-當然.否則,豔俗的天鵝絨畫亦可 等同於倫伯朗的傑作.
-My Uncle Ferdie has two tacky velvet paintings. He loves those clowns.(學生G)
我的叔叔費迪就有兩張俗氣的天鵝絨畫. 他愛死它們了.
-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?(學生E)
-藝術是有標準的,需要技巧的, 講究構圖,色彩,以及主題.
因此如果你告訴我們這塊腐爛的肉 也算藝術的話...更別提還是藝術傑作, 那麽究竟我們要學什麽?
-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.(老師)
-就是這個.貝蒂,感謝你為我們概述了新的教學大綱,什麽是藝術? 怎樣區分孰優孰劣?由誰來判定?請翻下一張.25年前有人認為這張畫精彩絕倫.
-I can see that. -Who?(學生B)
-看得出來. -這人是誰?
-My mother. I painted it for her birthday.
(老師)
(其他學生都笑了)
Next slide. This is my mom.ls it art?(老師)
-我的母親. 是我為她生日所畫.下一張. 這是我的母親.這是藝術嗎?
-It's a snapshot.(學生A)
-一張快照而已.
-If I told you Ansel Adams had taken it, would that make a difference?(老師)
-如果我告訴你們這是安塞姆 亞當拍攝的呢, 這是否具有決定性意義呢?
-Art isn't art until someone says it is. (學生E)
-是否可稱為藝術需由某些人來決定
-It's art! (老師)
. -這就是藝術!
-The right people. (學生E)
-需經權威人士認可
-Who are they?(老師)
. -他們是誰?
-Betty Warren! We're lucky we have one right here.(學生C)
-貝蒂 沃倫!多麽榮幸我們中間就有一位.
-Screw you.(學生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.(老師)