无忧无虑

David Hammons American

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哈蒙斯既是位萨满巫师又是位叫卖小贩,他曾在纽约上城的人行道上售卖冰淇凌;用鸡骨头和从哈林区一间理发店收集的人头发制作过精美而又不那么转瞬即逝的雕塑;他还于1989年在华盛顿特区的街道上展出过一幅巨大的广告牌肖像,上面是白脸的杰西·杰克逊。《无忧无虑》是这位艺术家的第一件也是唯一一件录像作品,影片开始时传来非常大声而且持续不断的声响,好似有人正狂怒地敲打垃圾桶;等真相大白时,画面中那位在夜里沿包厘街“踢桶子”(译注:在英文中为双关语,也有“翘辫子”之意)的神秘人物成为既来势汹汹又令人振奋的一记警钟。

Phat Free, David Hammons (American, born 1943), Single-channel digital video, transferred from video tape, color, sound, 5 min., 4 sec.

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