
Alison Lapper Pregnant on the plinth, with the National Gallery behind. © James Jenkins.
昨天翻看前几日的《南方都市报》,发现一整版lapper的相关报道。第一次知道Lapper是在香港pearl频道播放的一个“千年baby”的节目上,节目是制作关于我们这个时代的孩子的成长环境和成长特性的。Lapper作为一个没有双手,双腿畸形的一个母亲,独立抚养自己的孩子,当时就深深为之震撼。在google上搜索一下,相关的文章很多,就不写评论的帖子了。在
wiki百科上摘录一段行述,以示敬意。
Alison Lapper (b. 7 April 1965 in Burton-on-Trent, UK) is a British artist who was born without arms.
sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant on London's Trafalgar SquareAlison Lapper has a congenital disorder called phocomelia, which meant that she was born without arms and with truncated legs. Her mother met her for the last time when she was four months old. She was institutionalised for her childhood, and is still distant from her relatives.
When she was fitted with artificial limbs, she experienced them only as an attempt to make her look less disconcerting instead of actually helping her. So she abandoned them and learned to live without external aids.
At the age of 19, Lapper left the institution and moved to London. She acquired a driver's license and an apartment. Lapper studied in the University of Brighton and graduated with a first class honours degree in Fine Art in 1994.
Lapper uses photography, digital imaging and painting to, as she says, question physical normality and beauty, using herself as a subject. She paints with her mouth. One particular influence is the sculpture Venus de Milo, because it does not have arms, either. She has taken part to various British exhibitions, including in the Royal Festival Hall. She is a member of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists of the World (AMFPA). In May 2003, Lapper was created an MBE for her services for art.
After she gave birth to her son Parys, who was born fully formed, she created an installation of photographs of herself with him. She also posed for Marc Quinn for the controversial sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant, sculpture for the empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.
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