时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(八月)


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Young Kenyan Artists Face Tough Market



At the Kuona Trust, a visual arts center in a Nairobi suburb, artists work out of converted shipping 2 containers.


Kuona's mission is to provide opportunities for its artists to produce world-class art in Kenya.


"Selling is a really big problem for artists here," noted 3 Slyvia Gichia, the director of the Kuona Trust. "We don't have a very informed audience in the local scene, unless we're talking about expats or we're talking about tourists coming, so what tends to happen is a lot of artists start to create work for the tourist market, versus 4 just contemporary art." 


Kuona is encouraging experimentation 5. Its gallery currently features the conceptual work of Maryann Muthoni. "As much as we love being in our own studio comfort zones creating, I think we should also have a role in society," Muthoni said.


Muthoni's exhibit is called the Women's Vote. It addresses the role of Kenyan women in the electoral process and in the country's leadership.


Young Kenyan artists are largely self-taught. Art was dropped from the curriculum in Kenyan schools nearly 10 years ago.


Renee Mboya is a program coordinator 6 at Kuona, she says that had an impact on young artists. "They come from a more informal background, so mostly artists that have worked previously 7 in 3D and have hardly been exposed to what we consider traditional art, you know, painting on canvas," explained Mboya.


Cyrus Kabiru, a sculptor 8 and painter, grew up making sculptures of eyeglasses from things he found around the house. "I was a bad example in the community," said Kabiru. "They used to tell the kids, like my cousins, study hard, or else you'll be like Cyrus!"


Kabiru's sculptures, called "C-STUNNERS," have won international attention. This year, he was selected as a TED 1 Global Fellow. The program brings together young innovators from around the world.


On a recent trip to meet British collectors and museum curators, he says he met a Kenyan politician who knew little about Kenyan art and he also met some students.


"[The students] just shouted, 'Oh I know this guy! Oh he made this this and this!' But they don't know the politician. So I feel like…I am headed somewhere."


Slowly, young visual artists in Kenya are making progress in gaining a local audience. 




vt.翻晒,撒,撒开
  • The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
  • She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
n.船运(发货,运输,乘船)
  • We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
  • There's a shipping charge of £5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
prep.以…为对手,对;与…相比之下
  • The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
  • The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。
n.实验,试验,实验法
  • Many people object to experimentation on animals.许多人反对用动物做实验。
  • Study and analysis are likely to be far cheaper than experimentation.研究和分析的费用可能要比实验少得多。
n.协调人
  • The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下,负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
  • How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室?
adv.以前,先前(地)
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
n.雕刻家,雕刻家
  • A sculptor forms her material.雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。
  • The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。
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brodo
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Iron Crown of Lombardy
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N64
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O. F. D.
Ophiorrhiza hispidula
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Pohl's test
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queue 1
railroad overcrossing
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rights on a bill of exchange
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sand recycle system
scratch-pad memory
Seeger, Alan
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Spongillidae
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tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) phosphonium chloride
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Tsumis
Tulloch L.
Téssékré, Forage de
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verene
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viscous filter