布鲁克林海滨雕塑现实之母

发布于：2023-05-15 22:36:52

Giant Buddha Made of Hats, Umbrellas and Other Hipsterish Stuff Pops Up on Brooklyn Waterfront

位置：美国

分类：园林小品

内容：实景照片

图片：13张

景观设计：Pawel Althamer
景观时间：2013年
图片来源：Yuka Yoneda

雕塑设计作品“现实之母”于本周突然出现在威廉斯堡码头的东河州立公园，“现实之母”是由波兰艺术家 Pawel Althamer设计完成的一尊佛像艺术品，整个塑像完全由回收材料组成。设计师的用意是希望通过这一塑像来唤起公众对纽约即将遭受驱逐的母亲们的关注。
这尊临时的塑像长达50英尺，主要是用回收来的日常用品拼装而成，乍看很像亚洲那种常见的侧躺佛像。不过仔细观察之后,你会发现这尊佛像还有一只用雨伞做成的胳膊，一根用废弃电子产品做成的项链以及一个木质容器替代的乳头。此外，设计师还在这个巨大的雕像背面设计了一个中空的内部房间，寓意纽约应该为濒临驱逐的母亲提供应有的庇护。为了表达这一理念，还特意用Delois Blakely博士的照片来制成佛像的脸部。Delois Blakely博士在哈莱姆是一个有颇影响力的人物，她一直在社区工作，并用自己的行动推进社会的公平正义。
遗憾的是,佛像的存在引起争议，公园的管理部门昨晚已经下达指令说要求将其移除，原因是布鲁克林海滨公园并不适宜摆放这样一个艺术品。虽然Performa已经争辩说塑像的摆放已经获得了邻近的海滨酒吧的允许，但是佛像是否一定要拆除还没有明确的定论。截止昨天晚上为止，这尊佛像还摆放在原来的位置，不过周围已经用黄色的隔离胶带围合起来。

译者：饭团小组

Move over Tao - Brooklyn now has a giant Buddha statue of its own and it's made entirely of recycled materials. Created by Polish artist Pawel Althamer, "Queen Mother of Reality" is a massive, mixed media deity that popped up this week at the Williamsburg waterfront's East River State Park as part of the Performa 13 arts festival. The temporary sculpture was built to raise awareness for New York mothers facing eviction, and is a collage of every day items like hats, lamps and umbrellas.
“Queen Mother of Reality” is a 50-foot-long form that at first glance resembles a reclining deity like one you might see in Asia. Take a closer look though and you’ll find that the Buddha-like figure has an umbrella for an elbow, gold electronics for a necklace and a nipple made out of a bushel. The enormous statue was also designed with an open back that acts as an inner room symbolizing a temporary shelter for the evicted mothers of New York. Althamer modeled the piece after Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely, an influential figure in Harlem who has been recognized for her social justice work in the community.
Unfortunately, the Queen Mother may not be around for much longer since the Parks Department ordered its removal last night, stating that it was not a properly permitted work. Performa, however, argued that it was granted permission to erect the artwork by Biba, the waterfront bar directly adjacent to the site where the statue sits. The Queen Mother was still there last night when we visited but had been surrounded by yellow tape.