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A pricey bit of graffiti 高價的塗鴉
Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008,Page 13
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A man walks past a graffiti mural by British artist Banksy, spray painted on a wall on Portobello Road in London, Jan.14, 2008.
本月十四日於倫敦波多貝羅路上，一名男子行經英國藝術家班克西噴畫的塗鴉牆面。
照片：法新社
PHOTO: AFP
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The graffiti in the picture has been sold. The wall was painted by British graffiti artist Banksy. It was sold on eBay for £208,100 (NT$13.16 million) last week.
The painting shows an artist putting the finishing touches on a large red painting of the real artist's name - Banksy.
The art appeared in September on the wall in Portobello Road, Notting Hill, west London. Banksy got some men to put up scaffolding so that no one could see what he was doing.
The piece was sold by Luti Fagbenle who owns the wall that the graffiti was painted on. The sale attracted 69 bids. The buyer now has to pay to move the work of art and replace the wall.
A representative for Banksy confirmed that Banksy had painted the piece. The representative said that Banksy won't comment on the sale.
Banksy, originally from Bristol, western England, has attracted a global following with his graffiti paintings on the walls of London buildings. (STAFF WRITER, WITH AGENCIES)
圖中的塗鴉牆面已售出了，這面牆上的塗鴉出自一位英國塗鴉藝術家班克希之手；而這幅作品上週在eBay上以二十萬八千一百英鎊（新台幣一千三百一十六萬元）的價錢成交賣出。
這幅作品展示了一位藝術家正在為一幅紅色的畫作做最後的修飾，畫中畫正是真實藝術家的大名－Banksy。
這幅畫在去年九月起出現在倫敦西區諾丁丘的波多貝羅路上；為了不讓別人看到他正在塗鴉，班克希請人把附近用鷹架圍了起來。
將這件作品放上網出售的人是路堤．法賓利，他是這面塗鴉牆的所有者；這項拍賣商品吸引了六十九次競標，買主必須付錢將這面塗鴉的牆移走後再牆面恢復原狀。
班克希的代表人確認了這件作品確實是班克希所畫，他的代表人表示班克希對此拍賣不予置評。
班克希來自西英格蘭的布里斯托市，他在倫敦各大建築的街頭塗鴉已引起全球一陣塗鴉旋風。（綜合外電／翻譯：袁星塵）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
1. graffiti n.
塗鴉 (tu2 ya1)
例: Some people see graffiti as art, others see it as an eyesore.
(有些人認為塗鴉是一種藝術，其他人則視其為眼中釘。)
2. finishing touches v. phr.
最後的潤飾 (zui4 hou4 de5 run4 shi4)
例: The author is putting the finishing touches to her book.
(那位作家正在為她的書做最後的潤飾。)
3. scaffolding n.
鷹架 (ying1 jia4)
例: There was lots of scaffolding on the site.
(那塊建地上有很多鷹架。)
4. comment v.t./v.i.
發表意見 (fa1 biao3 yi4 jian4)
例: John won't comment on the matter.
(約翰不會對此發表意見。)
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