每日艺术 | A Friend in Need: 患难之交 20

卡修斯-马塞勒斯-柯立芝，布面油画，1903年，私人收藏

Anthropomorphized animals are always popular even if sometimes it’s really weird! We love to see ourselves reflected in this way: it’s close enough to strike a chord, but removed enough to be amusing. We’re comfortably challenged because we can have a laugh about it and don't have to take it too seriously.

拟人化的动物总是很受欢迎，即使有的时候看起来真的很奇怪！我们喜欢看到自己以这种方式被表现出来：它们如此接近人类足以触动我们心弦，但又足够远，可以令人发笑。我们很轻松地面对这种人类被“挑战”的行为，因为可以对此一笑置之而不必太过认真。

This painting is one of sixteen from a series called Dogs Playing Poker. It was created after Coolidge (1844–1934) signed up to work for the advertising agency Brown & Bigelow in 1903. The series was produced as part of an advertising campaign for cigars, and goods displaying them were disseminated across America by the thousands.

今天这幅画是“玩扑克的狗”（Dogs Playing Poker）系列的16幅作品之一。它是在柯立芝(Coolidge 1844-1934年) 于 1903 年签约为布朗毕格罗 (Brown & Bigelow) 广告公司工作后创作的。该系列作为雪茄广告宣传活动的一部分而制作，当时成千上万展示雪茄的宣传品在美国各地推广。

Described as kitsch, is it wrong to appreciate these works as art? Not at all! Very often something becomes more popular because it has universal appeal. In this case a parody of human behavior makes us laugh because we identify with it on some level. A Friend in Need is also highly accessible: there are no esoteric clues or symbols, meaning that it can reach everybody.

这些作品被描述为”庸俗艺术“，那么把它们当作艺术品来欣赏是错误的吗？一点也不！很多时候，某些东西会因为具有普遍的吸引力而变得更受欢迎。在这种情况下，模仿人类行为会让我们发笑，因为我们在某种程度上认同它。 《患难之交》(A Friend in Need) 很容易理解：没有深奥的线索或符号，意味著每个人都可以欣赏它。

Given that this image began life as an advertisement, it's done rather well to have crossed the divide between that world and the world of art. While it will never hang in the Louvre, it has nonetheless managed to have a rather glamourous life!

考虑到这幅画最初是作为广告而诞生的，它相当好得跨越了这个世界和艺术世界之间的鸿沟。虽然它永远不会被挂在卢浮宫里，但它也拥有了富有魅力的一生！

Today's painting is from a private collection. Thank you for viewing.

今天的画作来自私人收藏感谢观看:)