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草莓山丘的社區生活
地方性遺產
您聽過「每幅畫都會說一個故事」這句話嗎？用這句話來形容來自堪薩斯市的葛瑞斯尼科(Marijana
Grisnik)的畫作，真是再貼切也不過了。
葛瑞斯尼科生於1936年，是一位克羅埃西亞裔美國人，她用她的彩色畫作，捕捉了堪薩斯市草莓山丘的日常生活。草莓山丘座落於峭壁上，可俯瞰堪薩斯州及密蘇里河，據傳它的名字來自於，曾生長於此的野草莓。
葛瑞斯尼科的作品深受克羅埃西亞藝術家的純真樸實(naive)的風格影響；那些自學且構圖簡單的人，常會使這種繪畫風格，您認為這幅畫符合上述形容嗎？
草莓山丘一區常與南斯拉夫移民聯想在一起，尤其是克羅埃西亞人，他們在19世紀晚期遷徙來此，希望尋求更佳的生活機會及繁榮。就像許多的種族社區一樣，草莓山丘一開始的生活，也跟原生國家的生活型態相去不遠。雖然已經發生許多改變，但它仍是一個帶有強烈種族色彩的社區，也是堪薩斯市境內，克羅埃西亞裔美國人的居住中心。
Do you know the expression "Every picture tells a story?" With the paintings by Marijana Grisnik of Kansas City, Kansas, that is definitely true.
Marijana Grisnik, a Croatian American born in 1936, captured everyday life with her colorful paintings of the Strawberry Hill neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas. Strawberry Hill lies on the bluffs overlooking the Kansas and Missouri rivers, and legend has it that the name comes from the wild strawberries that once grew there.
Grisnik's work is influenced by the "naïve" artists of Croatia. The "naïve" (pronounced nye-eve) style of painting is usually practiced by someone who is self-taught and presents images in an uncomplicated way. Do you think that is true in this painting?
The area of Strawberry Hill is most closely defined with the South Slavic immigrants, especially the Croatians, who came in the late 19th century to seek greater opportunity and prosperity. As was the case for many ethnic communities, life in Strawberry Hill at first resembled life in the old country. Although many changes have occurred, it remains a strong ethnic community and a center for Croatian Americans throughout the Kansas City area.
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