西班牙雕塑藝術家：傑克遜是一個親切害羞的人

 

來源：MJJCN.com / indiatimes.com    編譯：Badthriller



2012年4月23日 - 藝術家賽維爾•班洛克（Xavier Benlloch）記得邁克爾•傑克遜（Michael Jackson）是一個親切害羞的人，他會在每次買最喜歡的藝術品前派自己的經紀人來看。在一個展覽上，這位雕塑家兼畫家談起了“流行音樂之王”、卓別林（Chaplin）家族等。



“邁克爾•傑克遜在為夢幻莊園（Neverland）訂下巨型彼得•潘（Peter Pan）前來過我的工作室好幾次。”班洛克回憶說。他也曾為卓別林在洛杉磯的家量身打造了一個青銅的查理•卓別林（Charlie Chaplin）雕像。傑克遜更喜歡班洛克的卡通雕像，而卓別林更喜歡他的現實主義藝術品。
班洛克賣給傑克遜的最後一件藝術品是一個靈感來自于“貝蒂娃娃”（Betty Boop） ——馬克斯•佛萊雪（Max Fleischer）和格裏姆•納特威克（Grim Natwick）在20世紀30年代創造的卡通人物 —— 的小雕像。

“名人是很正常的人。他們喜歡藝術，有品位，對文化很敏感。”他說。

“當傑克遜買我的藝術品時，他衷心地喜歡它們。這與他的名人身份無關。”他開著玩笑。

Michael Jackson was a nice and shy client

Swasti Chatterjee, TNN Apr 23, 2012, ...says Spanish sculptor Xavier Benlloch, who is in Pune, and reveals his association with the King of Pop and Charlie Chaplin, among others.

Artist Xavier Benlloch remembers Michael Jackson as a nice and shy client who would send his manager to look at his work every time before he came to purchase his favourite piece of art work. In Pune for his exhibition, this Ibiza based sculptor and painter spoke about the King of Pop, the Chaplin family and more. "Michael Jackson visited my studio several times before he ordered a giant Peter Pan for Neverland," recalls Benlloch who also made a custommade bronze sculpture of Charlie Chaplin for the Chaplin home in Los Angeles . Jackson preferred more of Benlloch's cartoon sculptures while the Chaplins picked from the collection of his realistic art work series.
 

The last painting that Benlloch sold to Jackson before his mysterious death was a small figurine inspired by Betty Boop, an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer and Grim Natwick in the 1930s. Other than having Chaplin and Jackson as his clients, Benlloch boasts of a long list of Hollywood stars in his buyers' list which he did not like disclosing.

"Celebrities are very normal people. They are fond of art, have taste and are culturally sensible," he explains. However, Benlloch seldom likes to reveal "personal things about his clients."
 

"When Jackson bought my works of art, he fell in love with them which is a matter of the heart. It had nothing to do with the celebrity status he had with him," he quips. Apart from Hollywood celebs, Benlloch caters to a host of clients including designers, architects and other art lovers. "I share a very close, creative and loyal relation with all of them," he adds. In the short span of time that he will spend in the neighbouring city, Benlloch wishes to capture "all the art from every corner."