Artist pleas to save his chewing gum works 藝術傢懇求保留自己用地面上的口香糖作的畫

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Ben Wilson, Chewing gum artist
“The very first chewing gum art was done about 2003, something like that. I started doing a trail in 2004, and I’m from Barnet, so north London, so I started the trail in Barnet and worked my way right into the centre of London.

本·威爾遜用地面上的口香糖作畫的藝術傢
“我第一次在嚼過的口香糖上作畫大概是在2003年。2004年，我開始沿著一條路線在地面上的口香糖上作畫，我來自北倫敦巴尼特區，所以我從巴尼特區開始，一路一直畫到瞭倫敦市中心。”

“So, I am taking something that’s literally thrown away and disgusting, taking ‘eugh’ and making it into ‘mmm’. Everyone kept on coming up to me and saying, ‘Will you do one for me?’ “

“我用這種被扔掉的垃圾進行創作，把令人作嘔的東西變成一種驚喜。大傢都跑來問我 ‘能不能用口香糖為我畫一幅作品？’ ”

“People from all walks of life, love messages, rest in peace pictures, there'[re] ‘Will you marry me?’ pictures – they can’t, you know, they can’t go! There’s something that they can discover, and often you will see children jumping from picture to picture to picture. They’ll destroy that trail and I’m thinking they’re killjoys. Please, please celebrate the art. The art is lovely!”

“來自各行各業的人，[我為他們創作] 傳遞愛意的作品、紀念逝者的圖畫、還有用來求婚的圖畫，這些不該被清除掉！這些作品讓人們發現樂趣，你經常能看到小孩子在我的畫作之間跳來跳去。清潔這座橋的人要清除我在這條路線上的作品，我覺得這很掃興。請尊重和擁抱藝術。藝術多美妙！”

“People come from all over the world and I celebrate the people that I meet when I work. And I think it’s a poignant kind of message: let’s transform rubbish into art. Let’s make this world a better place.”

“我在工作的過程中遇到來自世界各地的人，我非常歡迎他們，很高興和他們因藝術結緣。我認為我的作品傳遞瞭一個恰合時宜的重要信息：讓我們把垃圾變成藝術。讓我們把世界變成一個更美好的地方。”