Alex Chinneck: The Master of Illusion▼ 視覺幻象藝術高手 —— 艾利克斯•欽內克 One artist creates temporary art that challenges the mind. 有一位藝術家會創造挑戰心智的短暫藝術。
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One of the goals of public art, including sculpture▼, is to change the way we see the world around us. A moving piece of art can change our way of thinking, make us question reality, or at least brighten our day. One of the best at doing this is England's Alex Chinneck. As a young man, Chinneck's first dream was to be a professional cricket▼ player. By the age of 16, though, that dream was replaced by his desire to be an artist. After studying painting at the Chelsea College of Arts in London, he quickly got into sculpture, and he hasn't looked back since. Chinneck is known for his large-scale sculptures in and around London that challenge how people look at buildings in the city. In one such piece, Take My Lightning but Don't Steal My Thunder, he created a building that looks like it is floating in the air. In another, A Pound of Flesh for 50p, he created a two-story house made entirely out of wax. Then, over the course of two months, the life-size house slowly melted away. Chinneck's works are almost always weird▼ and fun, and his aim is to bring some joy into people's everyday lives.
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包含雕刻在內的公共藝術其中的一個目的就是要改變我們看待周遭世界的方式。一件會移動的藝術品可以改變你的思維、令我們質疑現實或者至少讓我們開心一天。最擅於這方面的其中一人就是英國的艾利克斯•欽內克。 欽內克年輕時的第一個夢想是成為一位職業板球選手。然而在十六歲之前，那個夢想就被他想當藝術家的願望所取代了。在倫敦的切爾西藝術學院學習繪畫後，他馬上就對雕刻藝術感興趣，而且從此再也沒有回過頭了。 欽內克以其出現在倫敦市內或周圍的大型雕刻作品而聞名，而這些雕刻品也挑戰了人們看待市內建築物的角度。在一件稱為《Take My Lightning but Don't Steal My Thunder》的如此作品中，他創造了一棟看似飄浮在空中的建築物。在另一件名為《A Pound of Flesh for 50p》的作品裡，他創造了一棟完全用蠟做成的兩層樓房子。後來，這棟與實物一樣大小的房子在兩個月內慢慢地融化掉了。 欽內克的作品幾乎總是很古怪卻又很有趣，而他的目標是要把一些歡樂帶進人們的日常生活中。
question vt. 懷疑，質疑 Soldiers are required to follow orders without questioning them. 軍人被要求遵守命令，不得質疑。
brighten vt. 使快樂；使明亮 There is nothing like his daughter's smile to brighten Albert's day. 沒有什麼能像亞伯特女兒的笑容一樣讓他開心一整天。
replace vt. 替換，取代 Nowadays, bar codes have replaced traditional price tags on most items. 現在，條碼已經取代了大多數商品上的傳統價格標籤。
get into sth （開始）對……感興趣 Jeff got into bicycling because of his father. 傑夫是因為他父親的緣故而對騎自行車感興趣。
float vi. 飄浮；漂浮 After we wrote our wishes on the sky lanterns, we watched them float away. 我們在天燈上寫下願望後，便看著它們飄離我們。
over the course of... 在……的過程中 Chris made great progress in his studies over the course of the semester. 克里斯的課業在這學期裡進步很多。
life-size a. 與實物／真人大小一樣的 = life-sized a. It took Ivanka a moment to realize that it was a life-size doll. 伊凡卡過了一會兒才發覺它是一個真人大小的洋娃娃。
melt vi. & vt. 融化；熔化 melt away 慢慢融／熔化掉；逐漸消失 The ice cream cake should be stored in the freezer, or it will melt. 這個冰淇淋蛋糕應該要存放到冷凍庫裡，不然它會融化。 Frank suddenly felt sorry for Jack, and his anger melted away. 法蘭克突然覺得對傑克很抱歉，而他的怒氣也漸漸消去。
▼ illusion n. 錯覺，假像 ▼ sculpture n. 雕刻品，雕塑品 ▼ cricket n. 板球（運動） ▼ weird a. 怪異的
scale 的相關用法 本文 "Chinneck is known for his large-scale sculptures in and around London..." 中的 large-scale 為形容詞 large 加上名詞 scale（規模，程度）所組成的複合形容詞，表『大規模的』。與 scale 相關的片語為 on a large / small scale，表『大／小規模地』。例：
The angry workers held a large-scale protest for better wages. （憤怒的勞工為了爭取更理想的工資而發起了大規模的抗議活動。）
We should start out testing on a small scale before we move on to a larger group. （在我們對更大的群組進行實驗前，應該要先做小規模的測試。）
