Wanyuan | Lecture of Chilean Artist Benjamín Lira

智利艺术家本杰明·里拉（Benjamín Lira）在上海举办首次中国个展的档期，我校小学部二年级同学们有幸与这位年过七旬的艺术大师来了一次亲密接触。

The Chilean artist Benjamín Lira held his first Chinese solo exhibition in Shanghai. Our grade two students had the honor to have a close encounter with this 70-year-old artist.

6月21日下午，本杰明·里拉在万源协和的报告厅用浅显易懂的语言向同学们描述了自己的艺术生涯，例如：儿时祖母阅读的童话书是他的艺术启蒙；他是如何受到18世纪人物肖像画的影响而开始肖像画创作的。从中我们可以感受到丰富的生活经历不断更新着他的人生感悟，不同的地域、文化特征带给他的多种视觉体验是他创作之路上的灵感源泉。

On the afternoon of June 21, Benjamín Lira described his artistic career to the students in an easy-to-understand language in the lecture hall of SUIS Wanyuan. He explained how a fairy tale book read by his grandmother was his artistic enlightenment and how he was influenced by the portrait paintings of the 18th century. From examples like this, the students could feel the rich life experience constantly informing the artists feelings. In addition to this, the various visual experiences brought by different geographical and cultural characteristics also inspired his creation.

艺术家通过大量图片的形式带领我们一起欣赏了智利的工作室，展示了许多精致艺术收藏品。他表述了自己的日常创作爱好，一本本色彩艳丽的练习手稿让孩子们声声惊叹。本杰明·里拉的创作类型基本分为：绘画、拼贴画和雕塑。色彩是他会话中最主要的语言，在这些充满活力的画作中，孩子们可以找到艺术家眼中散落于世界各地的建筑、街道、空间。它们不一定仅仅是描绘风景图像，某些还会描绘一个特定的人物形象。

The artist guided us through many pictures allowing the students to enjoy his Chilean studio and showcase many fine art collections. Images of his daily creative hobbies, and the colorful sketchbook he keeps made the children marvel. Benjamín Lira’s creative style is basically divided into: painting, collage and sculpture. Color is the most important language in his paintings. In these energetic paintings, children can find the buildings, streets and spaces scattered in the eyes of artists. They do not necessarily just depict landscape images, but also portray specific characters.

他的雕塑创作方法正巧与二年级本学期最后一个艺术单元的内容不谋而合，使用陶泥进行创作。孩子们看到了艺术家在户外雕塑的工作场景，以及一个个巨大的头像雕塑是如何从塑形到放在窑炉里烧制完成的。学生们可以结合自己在课堂上制作泥塑的方法，对比和感受到同样的素材能够在艺术上有无限的创作可能。

His method of sculptural creation coincides with the last art unit of this semester, which was using clay to create 3D works. The children saw the work scene of the artist’s outdoor sculptures, and how the huge avatar sculptures were created from shaping in the beginning to being placed in a kiln at the end. Students that learned the methods of making clay in the classroom were able to compare and feel how the same material can have unlimited creative possibilities in art.

这位和蔼可亲的老人也在参观了小学部孩子的艺术课堂作品，给予了很高的评价，并且期待有朝一日自己的作品能够成为我们课堂上的教学资源。

The amiable Benjamín Lira also took a look at the art works of our primary students and gave them a high evaluation. He hopes that one day his work will become a teaching resource for one of our art units.

此次交流活动，让孩子们近距离感受到了当代艺术家的工作生活点滴，同时也是在告诉孩子们，艺术家的成就来之不易，任何事都需要点滴的积累和用心。

This wonderful exchange activity allowed the children to feel the working life of a contemporary artist at a close distance. At the same time, it also helped the children to see that the achievements of an artist are hard-won, and everything needed to be carefully accumulated.

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