2017年2月2日 星期四

Faith Ringgold (American, born New York, 1930) | Street Story Quilt

In this triptych, artist Faith Ringgold combines language and imagery to structure her complex, fantastical narrative of survival and redemption set in an apartment building in Harlem.
Faith Ringgold (American, born New York, 1930) | Street Story Quilt | 1985 | © Faith Ringgold
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2017年2月1日 星期三

John Berger on Raymond Mason: "Pull the other leg, it's got bells on it"

John Berger 的題目是"Pull the other leg, it's got bells on it"*,
譯成:你要吹牛 就繼續吹吧 (收入【另類的出口】 ,128-133。這篇談的是 Raymond Mason的關於市井小民的大型雕塑 (長3米*高3米),陳列在巴黎的St.Eustace 聖猶士坦教堂內.....)

我以前編過Raymond Mason的詞條,讀了John Berger的,更深入了解。
http://hccart.blogspot.tw/2015/04/raymond-mason-sculptor.html

由於John Berger 和 Raymond Mason都是長期旅法的英國人,所以Berger 採用此英國日常幽默語 "Pull the other leg, it's got bells on it"當市民不相信"教堂中有您們的雕像,回說,別蓋了!)

*pull the other leg/one (it's got bells on)!

uk informal humorous
used when you do not believe what someone has just said:
Helen, mountain climbing? Pull the other one - she can't even climb a ladder without feeling sick!