艺术英国当代艺术家赫斯特

艺术英国当代艺术家赫斯特

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艺术英国当代艺术家赫斯特

Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文，然后完成练习:

While many of the headlines this week have been about the turmoil in the financial markets, one British artist has been bucking the trend by turning a healthy profit.

In fact, Damien Hirst, a conceptual artist best-known for pickling sharks in formaldehyde, has broken records by taking an astonishing £111m (1,355m yuan) during a two-day auction of his work in London this week.

In total 223 of his creations were up for grabs in the groundbreaking sale at British auction house Sotheby's. Normally artists sell their work via galleries, but by cutting out the middleman, Hirst will happily pocket the difference.

Art expert Charles Dupplin said, "It's another landmark and an astounding day for the art market in a year that has seen many long-standing records demolished, despite the gloomy world economy."

Hirst's work has received mixed reactions from the press in the past but it has consistently sold for high prices. Last year his diamond-encrusted skull was valued at £50m (612m yuan), making it the costliest single work of art ever.

The most expensive item at this year's auction was The Golden Calf: a real calf in a tank of formaldehyde with 18-carat hooves, horns and a gold disc on its head, which sold for £9.2m (112m yuan).

But while art collectors from around the world have been scrambling to pick up an original Damien Hirst piece in London this week, not everyone is so enamoured with his work.

A spokesperson for the Stuckist movement, which favours figurative over conceptual art, said, "It's obvious the art world has gone stark raving bonkers."

Indeed, people frequently question the boundaries of what is and what isn't art. In a world where modern art has become increasingly conceptual, perhaps the most useful definition we can turn to is that of the late American artist Andy Warhol, who said, "Art is what you can get away with."

However you define art, Hirst should be laughing all the way to the bank.

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艺术英国当代艺术家赫斯特

turmoil – 骚动， 混乱

turning a healthy profit – 数目可观的盈利

pickling – 浸泡（在…里） auction – 拍卖

cutting out the middleman – 避开中间商，直接交易

gloomy world economy – 低迷不振的世界经济

18-carat hooves – 18k黄金牛蹄 enamoured – 喜爱，沉迷于 stark raving bonkers – 完全疯了

bucking the trend – 反市场潮流 conceptual artist – 概念派艺术家 formaldehyde - 甲醛 up for grabs – 出售；可得的 pocket the difference – 赚差价 diamond-encrusted skull – 镶嵌满钻石的骷髅

scrambling – 抢着

figurative (art) - 具象（艺术） question the boundaries – 对两事务间的界限提出疑问

"art is what you can get away laughing all the way to the bank with"– 只要有认同者你的作品就是艺术 – 轻轻松松赚大钱

Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真?哪句是假？请圈出正确答案。

1. The global financial markets performed well this week. True / False

2. Selling art though an auction house is the way artists normally sell their work. True / False

3. Damien Hirst will make more money by using an auction house than by selling through a gallery. True / False

4. The Stuckist movement thinks the art world has gone mad. True / False

5. Andy Warhol has a very wide definition of what art can be. True / False

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艺术英国当代艺术家赫斯特

Fill in the gaps in the sentences using phrases from the table below.

从下列词表中选词组天空。

bucking the trend turning a healthy profit up for grabs cutting out the middleman pocketing the difference stark raving bonkers

1. I bought a TV from one person for £50 and sold it to another for £70,

that's what I call ______________! 2. If you sell a product you make directly to your customers, you can make

money by ______________. 3. My friend is not normal, in fact he's _________________.

4. Stock traders make money by ___________ between the price they buy

and sell shares for. 5. Most house prices in the UK are falling, but some areas are __________

and increasing in value. 6. When David Beckham was injured and couldn't play football, there was a

place in the English team ___________.

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艺术英国当代艺术家赫斯特

Rearrange the words in the sentences below to make correct sentences.

请将下列句子中的单词重新排列，组成一个正确的句子。

1. Financial has been turmoil, markets have been strong but in the art market. 2. he Damien doesn't make conceptual artist, Hirst is a figurative art. 3. Damien Hirst was able to cut out the house by auction selling through an middleman. 4. pickling Damien in animals formaldehyde involve Many of Hirst's works. 5. One art person who has gone figurative said the art world prefers "stark raving bonkers". 6. Sotheby's during the two-day at Hirst raised a total auction of £111m Damien.

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艺术英国当代艺术家赫斯特

Try to find the words associated with Damien Hirst's art in the puzzle below.

There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally (g), vertically (i) or diagonally (m)

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