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Carved from a slab of white marble, the top surface of this sculpture is covered with shallow, cuplike and deep rectangular depressions of various sizes. We look slightly down onto the slab in this photograph. The surface is divided into three vertical sections, which are defined by incised lines. The cuplike depressions are in the sections to the left and right. Two tiny, carved, dark wooden objects, like game pieces, stand upright in a cup with one the left and one to the right. Each piece is flat with a symmetrical design and a point at the bottom that inserts into the cup. The left piece has a disk flanked by triangular protrusions with a clover shape at top. The second piece has four stacked, small circles, and a U-shaped form to suggest the outline of a person with raised arms. Three smaller but deep rectangular cavities are carved into the middle section, and each one has a lid. Two lids sit askew on the top surface of the board near their respective openings, and inside are additional wooden pieces. A blank, rectangular section outlined with lightly inscised lines in the lower right is carved with reversed script letters that read, “on ne joue plus.” The entire surface has beveled edges, so it sits on a stepped base.

Alberto Giacometti

No More Play, 1931-1932

East Building, Upper Level — Gallery 415-B

阿尔贝托·贾科梅蒂的超现实主义雕塑家当中备受尊重的一位,正如这尊《不再玩游戏》雕塑一样,他经常把游戏主题融入到他早期的作品中。贾科梅蒂在这里塑造的形态类似于棋盘游戏,不过虽然有可移动的棋子,但游戏的性质并不明朗。这尊雕塑中表现的游戏不仅空间迷离,规则也不可知,使游戏更像是梦中的情景。    

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HARRY COOPER:

这是贾科梅蒂 (Giacometti) 的伟大作品之一。这件作品的不同寻常之处在于它是平的;它是我们俯视着的东西。它不放在通常的雕塑空间。它看起来更像是一块游戏板。

NARRATOR:

哈里·库珀 (Harry Cooper),现代艺术策展人和负责人。

HARRY COOPER:

同样合适的名称可能是“我们来玩吧”,因为这幅作品由许多可移动的元素构成。然而,实际的名称是《别再玩了》(No More Play),这让它蒙上一层晦暗的意味。我认为我们看到这些孔眼、这些盖子和棺材。人物像小小的纪念碑一样树立着,从这块大理石板上浮现出来。最明显的是这件作品暗示着死亡、某种东西的终结、游戏的结束。

NARRATOR:

请您也看看相邻的这幅作品,同样出自贾科梅蒂之手,名称是《隐形物体:握着虚空的双手》(The Invisible Object: Hands Holding the Void)。它体现同样的不安感和禁闭感……一般认为艺术家创作这个作品时想到了刚过世的父亲以及埃及殡葬艺术等多种元素。

HARRY COOPER:

我们并不真正地知道游戏板上正在发生什么样的互动,我们也不知道这个人物在做什么,这个双手握着虚空,什么也没有的直立的人物。它有点像是外星人,似乎正在尝试着从另外一个世界向我们传达某种信息。或许这样思考这两座非常神秘的雕塑并非坏事。

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