丹麦举世闻名的“小美人鱼 ”铜像明年将运送至上海参展世博会。

A renowned Chinese artist has been chosen by the Danish government to design a replacement as the symbolic Little Mermaid goes on display at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs announced yesterday.

A video installation will be put where the famed statue currently sits during the six months as it stays in Shanghai as part of the Danish pavilion.

According to the ministry statement, the new artwork, to be designed by Chinese famous artist Ai Weiwei, is to reflect connection and difference between the Chinese and Danish cultures.

Ai Weiwei, born in Beijing in 1957, had served as the Chinese program consultant for the design of the Olympic National Stadium in Beijing, also called the Bird‘s Nest.

Copenhagen‘s iconic statue of the Little Mermaid, known from Hans Christian Andersen‘s fairy tale, is scheduled to arrive in China next April. Copenhagen‘s city council has voted to allow the statue to leave its perch in the Copenhagen harbor for a visit to China.

艾未未，艾青之子，著名前卫艺术家。

世博网5月6日消息：丹麦政府5日宣布，已选定一位中国艺术家为明年远离家乡、参加2010年上海世博会的“小美人鱼”铜像设计一个“替身”，安放于丹麦首都哥本哈根。

丹麦经济和贸易部发表新闻公报说，经过多方选拔和商定，丹麦政府决定邀请中国当代艺术家艾未未为丹麦设计一款独特的作品，于明年4月在位于哥本哈根的“小美人鱼”远渡重洋前往上海参加世博会时，安放在原本属于“小美人鱼”的位置上。公报还说，“小美人鱼”的中国“替身”届时将会体现出两国文化的交融，给丹麦人民以及前往哥本哈根的游客带来耳目一新的视觉冲击。

丹麦副首相兼经济和贸易大臣莱娜·埃斯珀森当天下午在新闻发布会上说，中国艺术家的设计作品与“小美人鱼”铜像互换展出，是丹麦与中国文化交流的一个重要项目。

中国驻丹麦大使谢杭生认为，中国艺术家的设计作品将给丹麦带来传统中国文化与现代艺术结合的特别元素。

艾未未1957年出生于北京，是2008年北京奥运会主体育场国家体育场“鸟巢”项目设计方案中标者的中方项目顾问，其主要设计作品有北京SOHO现代城景观等。

“小美人鱼”铜像是丹麦雕塑家爱德华·埃里克森根据安徒生童话《海的女儿》中主人公的形象用青铜浇铸的，于1913年8月23日落成，是丹麦最著名的观光景点，多年来一直是哥本哈根的象征。

来源 世博网