I. Reading, страница 172, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс учебник Демченко, Юхнель

I. READING

1. Read the text and say in 2–3 sentences what it is about.

Where can you find the worst art in the world? On the walls at the Museum of Bad Art, a Massachusetts gallery devoted to displaying work that’s not pleasing to the eye. The Museum of Bad Art, or MOBA, was founded in 1994. ‘Lucy in the field with flowers’ is the work of art that started it all. Boston antiques dealer Scott Wilson found it in a pile of trash. He wanted to sell its frame, but when his friend John Riley saw it, he got fascinated by the painting and said, “You can’t do that! That’s so bad, it’s good!” Wilson continued to bring Riley pieces of bad art he found at flea markets and on sidewalks, and Riley began to exhibit them in his white-walled basement. When the basement space became too small for the collection the Museum of Bad Art, the pair moved it to the lower level of a community theatre in Dedham, Massachusetts.

The staff at MOBA feel that bad art takes just as much time and effort to produce as more famous works, and that it is worth displaying in the same way as “good art.” That’s why they chose the inspiring motto, “Art too bad to be ignored.” The world is filled with bad art, but not all bad art is bad enough to make it into the Museum of Bad Art. The museum receives up to 20 works of bad art a month, but the work must be original to make it into the collection.

Mark Frank, an early museum volunteer, got the job of the Curator-in-Chief almost 10 years ago. “I can’t pass a yard sale or interesting pile of trash without checking it out,” he told TODAY.com. “As soon as I learnt about the museum, I donated some pieces. I always had an eye out for pieces to donate.”

Once the art is believed to be bad enough for the museum, Frank “interprets” each piece, giving it a title and analysing the inspirations behind the weird piece of trash. “We celebrate the fact that people try to make art for lots of different reasons,” he said. “When people go to traditional museums, they might not understand why different pieces are important. Here people can just admire stuff for what it is.”

The museum attracts about 8,000 people a year with a Facebook following of over 20,000 likes. Most recently, Frank has started a MOBA YouTube page, where he helps to bring the work of MOBA to bad art enthusiasts around the world. Above all, he insists they are not making fun of the art.

What does he like best of all about the museum?

“People in the art world know about us,” Frank says. “And they get it.”

2. Find and read aloud the extract that explains why they collect and display bad art.

3. Where, when and why did the museum appear?

4. What does Frank do with the exhibits?

1. Прочитайте текст и скажите в 2-3 предложениях, о чем он.

2. Найдите и прочитайте вслух отрывок, который объясняет, почему они коллекционируют и выставляют плохое искусство.

3. Где, когда и почему появился музей?

4. Что Фрэнк делает с экспонатами?

Ответ:

1. The text is about the Museum of Bad Art (MOBA), a gallery in Massachusetts dedicated to displaying art that's not pleasing to the eye. It tells the story of its founding in 1994 and its philosophy of celebrating art that is "too bad to be ignored". The text also describes the role of its curator, Mark Frank.

2. "The staff at MOBA feel that bad art takes just as much time and effort to produce as more famous works, and that it is worth displaying in the same way as “good art.” That’s why they chose the inspiring motto, “Art too bad to be ignored.”"

3. The museum appeared in Massachusetts in 1994. It started because an antiques dealer named Scott Wilson found a painting in the trash, and his friend convinced him it was "so bad, it's good" and should be kept, which led to them collecting more bad art.

4. Frank “interprets” each piece, giving it a title and analysing the inspirations behind the weird piece of trash.

Перевод:

1. Текст о Музее плохого искусства (MOBA), галерее в Массачусетсе, посвященной демонстрации искусства, неприятного для глаз. В нем рассказывается история его основания в 1994 году и его философия прославления искусства, которое «слишком плохо, чтобы его игнорировать». В тексте также описывается роль его куратора, Марка Фрэнка.

2. «Сотрудники MOBA считают, что на создание плохого искусства уходит столько же времени и усилий, сколько и на более известные произведения, и что оно заслуживает того, чтобы его выставляли так же, как и «хорошее искусство». Вот почему они выбрали вдохновляющий девиз: «Искусство, слишком плохое, чтобы его игнорировать».»

3. Музей появился в Массачусетсе в 1994 году. Он был основан потому, что торговец антиквариатом по имени Скотт Уилсон нашел картину в мусоре, а его друг убедил его, что она «настолько плоха, что хороша» и ее следует сохранить, что и привело к началу коллекционирования плохого искусства.

4. Фрэнк «интерпретирует» каждое произведение, давая ему название и анализируя, что послужило источником вдохновения для этого странного произведения из мусора.