2014届高考英语考前突破阅读理解能力：《塞内加尔雕塑家乌斯曼·索乌获法国嘉奖》.docVIP

塞内加尔雕塑家乌斯曼·索乌获法国嘉奖 Senegal sculptor Ousmane Sow has become the first African to join Frances Academy of Fine Arts. 塞内加尔雕塑家乌斯曼·索乌成为第一位获得法国艺术学院嘉奖的非洲人。 Sows knowledge of anatomy helped define his work ? The 78-year-old, considered one of Africas foremost artists, dedicated the honour to all of Africa...and the great man Nelson Mandela at a Paris ceremony on Wednesday. ? A minutes silence for the anti-apartheid hero was also held. ?Sow captured the worlds attention in 1999 when his larger-than-life wrestler sculptures were exhibited in Paris. ? His latest ongoing series of work, entitled Great Me, features historical figures including Charles de Gaulle as well as Mandela. ? His sculpture of the former South African president - made out of a mixture of clay and rubber - features Mandela as a goalkeeper extending his hand to keep corrupt African heads of state at bay. ? Born in Dakar, the artist left for France in 1957 where he obtained a diploma in physiotherapy（物理疗法）. ? Apart from a three year break in his home country, he made France his home for some 20 years before returning to Senegal in 1984 to make sculpting his full-time profession. ? His knowledge of anatomy（解剖学） would help define his works. ? He began his series of muscular Nouba wrestlers in the late 1980s, before going on to create further series The Masai, The Zulus, The Peulh and The Egyptians. ? The Battle of Little Big Horn, Sows 35-piece series, was first exhibited in Dakar in 1999 as a preview to the Paris exhibition on the Pont des Arts. ? Part of the series was also featured at the Whitney Museum in New York in 2003. ? In June, Sow opened a retrospective of his work in Besancon, eastern France, which was to be his last exhibition in his adoptive country before moving all his works to a museum he is building in Senegal. ? The artist said sculptures of Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali and Gandhi would also be included in his gallery of men who helped him not despair of mankind.