伊奥利亚群岛火山熔岩浇灌出艺术胜地.docVIP

伊奥利亚群岛火山熔岩浇灌出艺术胜地 　　The elegant, 19th-century 3)palazzo on the remote Italian island of Salina looked like any other 4)dilapidated building on the 5)promenade paved with slabs of volcanic stone. Water stains6)streaked down its weathered stone 7)facade and a blackened, cast-iron balcony was crammed with 8)rickety chairs. 　　 　　But then the 9)fortress-like wooden doors swung open and out walked a priest in white collar, a police chief, and several art collectors and curators. They 10)mingled with artists, fishermen, and curious passersby, sipping white wine while exploring the art in the palazzo’s 11)rambling chambers before squeezing up the narrow stairs to the roof for views of the 12)Tyrrhenian Sea and a distant volcano 13)spouting fire and smoke into the warm evening air. 　　 　　It was the opening reception for Russian conceptual artist, Vadim Fishkin. The unlikely spectacle was nothing if not 14)surreal, and that may explain why the island of Salina―which is part of the Aeolian Islands, a hard-to-reach volcanic archipelago that juts out of the Tyrrhenian Sea―has become the center of an 15)effervescent art scene,. 　　 　　Situated in the hook of Italy, just north of Sicily, the Aeolian archipelago is made up of seven inhabitable islands, of which the largest and most developed are Salina, Lipari, and Vulcano. The exhausting journey adds to the 16)mystique. There are no commercial flights to the islands, and most visitors arrive by 17)hydrofoil, which takes about five hours from 18)Naples and four hours from 19)Palermo. 　　 　　One popular ferry route goes to 20)Stromboli. From the water, Stromboli looks like a small agricultural village, but with a heavy dose of the 21)offbeat. Hearty locals with 22)potbellies and sideways caps 23)clog the dock, offering tourists white-washed 24)cottages for rent. 　　 　　The island is a surprising contrast. One side is lush, with caper bushes, palm trees, and intensely colored wildflowers. But the other side, which the 25)lava oc