2022年经济学人 菲利普·古斯顿引发争议的艺术（2）

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As for the later hoods¹ themselves: Guston delighted in telling stories with them, and in the expressions he could conjure² in their almost blank visages.

至于后来画的那些兜帽人：古斯顿喜欢跟他们讲故事，喜欢从他们几乎空白的脸上想象出他们的表情。

At bottom, though, they were -- and are -- a reproach.

不过从根本上说，他们过去是——现在也是——一种耻辱。

They are terrible in their ordinariness, surrounded with everyday bric-a-brac, glimpsed smoking or riding in a boxy car.

他们的平凡是可怕的，被一些日常的小摆设所围绕，偶尔吸烟或坐在四四方方的汽车里。

In "The Studio" one sketches³ a self-portrait, blood on his hand and costume.

在《画室》中，一个兜帽人在画一幅自画像，手上和衣服上都是血。

The stitching in the hoods matches and merges⁴ with the window slits⁵ in the buildings Guston painted.

兜帽上的缝线与古斯顿画的那些建筑的窗线相互匹配融合。

His hoods are knitted into society.

他的兜帽与社会缝在一起。

They are everywhere.

这样的人到处都是。

These works are an indictment⁶ of racism⁷, glaring or insidious⁸, not a case of it.

这些作品是对种族主义的控诉，明里或暗里，而不是种族主义的实例。

But it appeared today's viewers might not get a chance to see that for themselves.

但今天的观众可能没有机会亲眼看到它了。

In 2020 the exhibition (already hit by the pandemic) was postponed⁹ by the four museums involved in it, initially¹⁰ until 2024.

2020年，参与展览的四家博物馆推迟了该展览（本已受到疫情的影响），起初决定推迟到2024年。

Opponents of censorship protested, as did many artists.

审查制度的反对者和许多艺术家表示抗议。

Some thought the delay smelled like a cancellation¹¹, and that "Philip Guston Now", the show's title, might become Philip Guston Never.

一些人认为，推迟听起来意味着取消，而且展览的名字“现在的菲利普·古斯顿”可能会变成“再也见不到的菲利普·古斯顿”。

They were wrong.

他们错了。

Ahead of the mooted¹² schedule, it opens on May 1st at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston, and will be adapted in Houston, Washington and London.

展览将于5月1日提前在波士顿美术馆开幕，并将被转至休斯顿、华盛顿和伦敦展出。

It is a magnificent exhibition and -- at a febrile, polarised time -- an important one.

这是一场宏伟的展览——在一个狂热的、两极化的时代——也是一场重要的展览。

The MFA brought in African-American curators and has carefully laid out the political context of Guston's life and work.

波士顿美术馆请来了非裔美国策展人，小心地安排陈列了古斯顿生活和创作的政治背景。

Visitors can avoid the hoods if they choose to: they can make up their own minds.

参观者可以选择避开兜帽人：他们可以自己做决定。

But with a few forgivable exceptions, the intended artworks are there; Guston's vision is honoured and explained.

但除了几个情有可原的例外，预期展出的艺术品都摆在那里；古斯顿的构想得到了尊重和理解。

The format¹³ gives consideration to those who might be offended, but not a veto.

这种设计安排照顾了那些可能被冒犯的人，但没有完全否决作品。

It affirms and accommodates art's power to provoke, and its right to.

展览肯定并包容了艺术挑衅的力量，以及它挑衅的权利。

Lots of cultural skirmishes end in shouty hostility¹⁴ or shabby retreat.

许多文化冲突都以激烈的敌意或狼狈的撤退告终。

Here is a wiser sort of resolution, relying on a mix of principle, reflection and what you might call tact¹⁵, or good manners.

而这是一种更明智的解决方案，它依赖于一种原则、反思以及你可能称之为得体或礼貌的东西的结合。

Besides the hoods, other themes and motifs¹⁶ recur¹⁷.

除了兜帽，还有其他反复出现的主题和图案。

Red was the main colour in Guston's palette, bleeding into pink.

在古斯顿的调色板上，红色是主色，融进粉色。

He was always influenced by the Italian Renaissance¹⁸ masters, especially their gorgeous visions of the apocalypse and the damned.

他一直受到意大利文艺复兴时期大师们的影响，尤其是他们对天启和地狱的华丽想象。

Heaven was dull, he noted¹⁹, but "when they're going to hell the painter really goes to town".

他曾写道，天堂是枯燥的，但“当他们下地狱时，画家才真正有了创作的热忱”。

The same is true of him, and of the new show: they draw art from anguish²⁰ and force you to think.

他和这场新展览也是如此：它们从痛苦中汲取艺术，迫使你去思考。

1 hoods   

n.兜帽( hood的名词复数 )；头巾；（汽车、童车等的）折合式车篷；汽车发动机罩v.兜帽( hood的第三人称单数 )；头巾；（汽车、童车等的）折合式车篷；汽车发动机罩

参考例句：

• Michael looked at the four hoods sitting in the kitchen. 迈克尔瞅了瞅坐在厨房里的四条汉子。 来自教父部分
• Eskimos wear hoods to keep their heads warm. 爱斯基摩人戴兜帽使头暖和。 来自辞典例句

2 conjure   

v.恳求，祈求；变魔术，变戏法

参考例句：

• I conjure you not to betray me.我恳求你不要背弃我。
• I can't simply conjure up the money out of thin air.我是不能像变魔术似的把钱变来。

3 sketches   

n.草图( sketch的名词复数 )；素描；速写；梗概

参考例句：

• The artist is making sketches for his next painting. 画家正为他的下一幅作品画素描。
• You have to admit that these sketches are true to life. 你得承认这些素描很逼真。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 merges   

（使）混合( merge的第三人称单数 )； 相融； 融入； 渐渐消失在某物中

参考例句：

• The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary". 2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言，他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
• A device that collates, merges, or matches sets of punched cards or other documents. 一种整理、合并或比较一组穿孔卡片或其它文档的设备。

5 slits   

n.狭长的口子，裂缝( slit的名词复数 )v.切开，撕开( slit的第三人称单数 )；在…上开狭长口子

参考例句：

• He appears to have two slits for eyes. 他眯着两眼。
• "You go to--Halifax,'she said tensely, her green eyes slits of rage. "你给我滚----滚到远远的地方去！" 她恶狠狠地说，那双绿眼睛冒出了怒火。

6 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

7 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

8 insidious   

adj.阴险的，隐匿的，暗中为害的，（疾病）不知不觉之间加剧

参考例句：

• That insidious man bad-mouthed me to almost everyone else.那个阴险的家伙几乎见人便说我的坏话。
• Organized crime has an insidious influence on all who come into contact with it.所有和集团犯罪有关的人都会不知不觉地受坏影响。

9 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

10 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

11 cancellation   

n.删除，取消

参考例句：

• Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
• Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。

12 mooted   

adj.未决定的，有争议的，有疑问的v.提出…供讨论( moot的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The is sue was mooted on the Senate floor. 该问题在参院被提出讨论。 来自辞典例句
• The question mooted in the board meeting is still a moot point. 那个在董事会上（提出讨论）的问题仍（未决的）。 来自互联网

13 format   

n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排

参考例句：

• Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
• The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。

14 hostility   

n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争

参考例句：

• There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
• His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。

15 tact   

n.机敏，圆滑，得体

参考例句：

• She showed great tact in dealing with a tricky situation.她处理棘手的局面表现得十分老练。
• Tact is a valuable commodity.圆滑老练是很有用处的。

16 motifs   

n. （文艺作品等的）主题( motif的名词复数 )；中心思想；基本模式；基本图案

参考例句：

• I try to develop beyond the old motifs. 我力求对传统的花纹图案做到推陈出新。 来自辞典例句
• American Dream is one of the most important motifs of American literature. “美国梦”是美国文学最重要的母题之一。 来自互联网

17 recur   

vi.复发，重现，再发生

参考例句：

• Economic crises recur periodically.经济危机周期性地发生。
• Of course,many problems recur at various periods.当然，有许多问题会在不同的时期反复提出。

18 renaissance   

n.复活，复兴，文艺复兴

参考例句：

• The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
• The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.大会的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。

19 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

20 anguish   

n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦，烦恼

参考例句：

• She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时，她由于痛苦而失声大哭。
• The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。