April 23,2007
Outside of What?
It is an exhibition review of Martín Ramírez's show at The American Folk Art Museum from January 23, 2007 through May 13, 2007. It is an assignment of an art seminar class.
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Outside of What ?
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A Review of a Retrospective of Martín Ramírez at
The American Folk Art Museum
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Martín Ramírez (1895–1963), who has 97 selected drawings in the show at The American Folk Art Museum, was a tragic Mexican American artist. As many immigrants at that time, in 1925, he left his homeland and family, came to California in order to have a better job. At first he worked in a railroad company and mines, but a few years later he lost his job because of the Great Depression. One day in 1931, he was picked up by police on the street then sent to a state hospital, where he received a diagnosis of manic depression. After that, he had been moved to several different institutions, and until his death, he was confined and never went back to Mexico. On pieced together paper with whatever materials he could get, he did over 300 drawings in his restricted life. Most of them have stressful structures and parallel lines depicting Mexican Madonnas, cowboys, trains, tunnels and landscapes, which deeply refer to the features of his homeland that only appeared in his dream. ...繼續閱讀
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Outside of What ?
.
A Review of a Retrospective of Martín Ramírez at
The American Folk Art Museum
.
.
Martín Ramírez (1895–1963), who has 97 selected drawings in the show at The American Folk Art Museum, was a tragic Mexican American artist. As many immigrants at that time, in 1925, he left his homeland and family, came to California in order to have a better job. At first he worked in a railroad company and mines, but a few years later he lost his job because of the Great Depression. One day in 1931, he was picked up by police on the street then sent to a state hospital, where he received a diagnosis of manic depression. After that, he had been moved to several different institutions, and until his death, he was confined and never went back to Mexico. On pieced together paper with whatever materials he could get, he did over 300 drawings in his restricted life. Most of them have stressful structures and parallel lines depicting Mexican Madonnas, cowboys, trains, tunnels and landscapes, which deeply refer to the features of his homeland that only appeared in his dream. ...繼續閱讀
April 17,2007
薪水的差異
很久沒出現，也很久沒寫blog了，不過我還是一樣活蹦亂跳的，中文也沒忘記 :P 今天中午吃飯時看新聞，看到一則關於勞委會最近公佈的初次踏入工作職場者之薪資統計。內容主要是今年不同學歷與產業新鮮人薪資調漲的情況。
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我在意的是裡面提及的"每人經常性薪資"最高的與最低各20個行業，其中最高的前5個行業，分別是「港埠業」4萬7271元、「用水供應業」3萬5940元、「菸草製造業」3萬4999元、「鐵路、大眾捷運系統運輸業」3萬3259元、「能源礦業」3萬1415元。最低的前5個行業則是「理髮及美容業」1萬8680 元、「一般汽車客運業」1萬9713元、「餐飲業」2萬0103元、「木竹製品製造業」2萬0190元、「電影業」2萬0294元。
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這個排序看似理所當然，可是又似乎有什麼令人無法信服的細微邏輯在裡頭。看看這些最高薪資的行業，十之八九都是(或曾經是、或絕大部分是)國營產業。「港埠業」...這個我不了解，八成很辛苦吧。「用水供應業」...大家都去過自來水公司吧，為什麼裡面那些懶洋洋的傢伙可以領薪水領到第二名呢？「菸草製造業」...這是什麼呀？台灣除了台灣菸酒公司，還有誰在做菸草呢？「鐵路、大眾捷運系統運輸業」...台鐵冗員、虧損之多就不用再多講了。「能源礦業」...天天在吸汽油的，數以萬計的加油站工讀生應該都沒列入平均吧。還是石油公司的正職員工都領很多，即使工讀生納入平均也還能有第五名呢？不過我對這個行業有點疑問，因為高薪第十名是石油及煤製品製造業，十一名是電力供應業，那「能源礦業」是指...瓦斯行嗎@@
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在最低薪資的部份，最可憐的是台灣的洗頭妹們了。不過有趣的是居然還有「電影業」...問題不是電影業薪水多少，而是台灣還有電影業嗎？其實「藝文及運動服務業」也排到倒數第九名。最近常聽人提到文化與創意產業的時代要來了，MFA即將要取代MBA，我看是還得等等。
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我在意的是裡面提及的"每人經常性薪資"最高的與最低各20個行業，其中最高的前5個行業，分別是「港埠業」4萬7271元、「用水供應業」3萬5940元、「菸草製造業」3萬4999元、「鐵路、大眾捷運系統運輸業」3萬3259元、「能源礦業」3萬1415元。最低的前5個行業則是「理髮及美容業」1萬8680 元、「一般汽車客運業」1萬9713元、「餐飲業」2萬0103元、「木竹製品製造業」2萬0190元、「電影業」2萬0294元。
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這個排序看似理所當然，可是又似乎有什麼令人無法信服的細微邏輯在裡頭。看看這些最高薪資的行業，十之八九都是(或曾經是、或絕大部分是)國營產業。「港埠業」...這個我不了解，八成很辛苦吧。「用水供應業」...大家都去過自來水公司吧，為什麼裡面那些懶洋洋的傢伙可以領薪水領到第二名呢？「菸草製造業」...這是什麼呀？台灣除了台灣菸酒公司，還有誰在做菸草呢？「鐵路、大眾捷運系統運輸業」...台鐵冗員、虧損之多就不用再多講了。「能源礦業」...天天在吸汽油的，數以萬計的加油站工讀生應該都沒列入平均吧。還是石油公司的正職員工都領很多，即使工讀生納入平均也還能有第五名呢？不過我對這個行業有點疑問，因為高薪第十名是石油及煤製品製造業，十一名是電力供應業，那「能源礦業」是指...瓦斯行嗎@@
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在最低薪資的部份，最可憐的是台灣的洗頭妹們了。不過有趣的是居然還有「電影業」...問題不是電影業薪水多少，而是台灣還有電影業嗎？其實「藝文及運動服務業」也排到倒數第九名。最近常聽人提到文化與創意產業的時代要來了，MFA即將要取代MBA，我看是還得等等。