Young Vietnamese artist holds his own art show in New York

聽 力 掃 障

1. Vietnam /?vi?et?nɑ?m/ n. 越南

2. solo /?s??l??/ adj. 單獨的

3. stuff /st?f/ n. 東西；物品

4. expressionist /?k?spre??n?st/ n. 表現主義藝術家

掃 碼 聽 測

I. 判斷正誤

聽下段錄音并閱讀3個簡短的陳述，根據錄音內容判斷這些陳述是否符合所聽內容，考查重點是學生對意義的理解能力和信息獲取能力。

In this section, you will hear a passage. After you hear the passage, decide whether each of the statement is correct (A), incorrect (B) or not mentioned (C).

Ⅱ. 聽力理解

聽下面的文章，完成各個部分的練習。從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。文章讀三遍。

1. How much were some of the 12-year-old artist's paintings sold for?

A. About $120,000. B. More than $150,000. C. About $180,000.

2. How long did the art show last?

A. 15 days. B. 19 days. C. 20 days.

3. When did the 12-year-old artist make his first sale?

A. At the age of 4. B. At the age of 5. C. At the age of 6.

4. How long is the painting that was created by the 12-year-old artist?

A. 3.5 meters. B. 4.5 meters. C. 5.5 meters.

5. How long did the big painting take the 12-year-old artist to finish?

A. Two months. B. Three months. C. Four months.

文 本 解 說

12歲的越南小畫家在紐約舉辦畫展，因其多彩的抽象繪畫風格創下了銷售紀錄，他的一些作品竟然賣到了15萬美元，其作品風格與美國著名畫家杰克遜·波洛克的繪畫風格相似。

People who look at abstract, costly works of art and joke “a child probably painted that” are finally right.

At just 12 years old, Xeo Chu ofVietnamis setting sales records with his colorful abstract paintings. Some are selling for more than $150,000. They are being compared to works by American artist Jackson Pollock.

The seventh-grade student from Vietnam is holding his first show as asoloartist. It is taking place at the Georges Bergès Gallery, in New York City's wealthy SoHo neighborhood.The show is called Big World, Little Eyes. It opened on December 19 and ran through January 2, 2020. Chu has been painting since he was 4 years old. He made his first sale when he was only 6. “One customer came and bought my painting and I was really happy. That was when I was like six,” Chu said.Chu's mother owns an art gallery in Vietnam.As a young child, Chu repeatedly asked his mom to let him paint with his older brothers.

For his New York show, Chu created a 4.5-meter-long artwork divided into four pieces. The work is unnamed. Chu explained,“My mom told me I was going to have an exhibition in New York. So, I was like, ‘Oh,let's make a big painting for this.' That took like three months.” When asked what he likes about painting, Chu said, “The creativity. I can do a lot of things with a painting. I can choose what I would draw or what detail can I put in or what color.Stufflike that.”

Chu's work has been compared to that of Jackson Pollock, a major artist in the abstractexpressionistmovement of the 1940s and 1950s. One difference between the two, however, is that Pollock produced his most famous pieces at the height of his career. That,said gallery owner Georges Bergès, came several decades after Pollock's 12th birthday.“Chu is producing similar work at the start of his career,” Bergès said. “So, it's very interesting to see where that's going to head.”