“罪犯艺术”“禁忌”魅力.docVIP

“罪犯艺术”“禁忌”魅力 　　“禁忌”的魅力,就好像来自那不勒斯海的塞壬天籁般的歌声,又如伊甸园里让人垂涎欲滴的智慧果,危险却也诱人,所以有人为追随塞壬的歌声宁愿永沉大海,亚当与夏娃一尝禁果后被逐出伊甸园。同理,人们对“黑暗世界”的窥探与研究正是因为其散发的“可怕”甚至“不道德”的光芒。人们对“罪犯的艺术”的追捧,除却“对边缘群体的关怀”这层荣光,更多还是对那个“黑暗的角落”一种“欲尝又止”的窥探心理在作怪。――Mac 　　 　　The art world often nurtures its 1)enfants terribles. After all, rule breakers sell paintings. So it’s no surprise that real 2)felons are increasingly winning notice on the scene. As therapeutic art programs 3)burgeon behind bars, “criminal art” has generated a curious 4)niche in the U.K. London’s prestigious Southbank Centre will turn over its gallery space to works by Britain’s 5)inmates. The show, Art by Offenders (Oct. 21?Dec. 3), is organized by the Koestler Trust, a charity that awards convicts with small cash prizes and a cut of any work sold. The show will be 6)curated by female prisoners on special supervised release who will give tours of the exhibit to the public. 　　In some pieces, the 7)claustrophobia of prison life is 8)palpable; an anonymous painting titled Full House shows a crowded mass of uniformed figures, representing Britain’s swelling prison population. In a work called9)Vortex, one of the potential exhibits in London, a 10)futuristic swirl of color is 11)splattered with red, blood-like paint. Another piece, entitled My World in Winter, is an abstract 12)Peter Doig-style picture that evokes the 13)gritty texture of the prison yard. 　　Therapeutic art programs are widely believed to help 14)rehabilitate criminals. Now they’re also generating controversial interest from critics and private collectors. Earlier this year, two paintings by London’s notorious Kray twins―who ran a violent gang called “the Firm” during the 1960s, were convicted of murder, and have since died―15)netted nearly pound;1,00016)apiece when they went 17)under the hammer at a London auction house. “(People) imagine that the 18)underworld might be revealed by having access to this work,” says Walsh. “Suddenly the taboo life of people in prison is available to t