“My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love ({{lang-ru|«Господи! Помоги мне выжить среди этой смертной любви»|Góspodi! Pomogí mne výzhit' sredí étoy smértnoy lyubví}}; {{lang-de|Mein Gott, hilf mir, diese tödliche Liebe zu überleben}}), sometimes referred to as the Fraternal Kiss ({{lang-de|Bruderkuss}}), is a graffiti painting on the Berlin wall by Dmitri Vrubel, one of the best known of the Berlin wall graffiti paintings. Created in 1990, the painting depicts Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker in a fraternal embrace, reproducing a photograph that captured the moment in 1979 during the 30th anniversary celebration of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic.

The photograph

The well-known photograph capturing the famed embrace was taken by Régis Bossu in East Berlin on October 7, 1979.^[1] It was widely republished.^[2] Brezhnev was visiting East Germany at the time to celebrate the anniversary of its founding as a Communist nation.^[3] On October 5, East Germany and the Soviet Union had signed a ten-year agreement of mutual support under which East Germany would provide ships, machinery and chemical equipment to the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union would provide fuel and nuclear equipment to East Germany.^[4]

The painting

Vrubel created the painting in 1990. Along with other murals in the section, the painting continued in display after the wall was taken down, but vandalism and atmospheric conditions gradually led to its deterioration.^[5] In March 2009, the painting, along with others, was erased from the wall to allow the original artists to repaint them with more durable paints. Vrubel was commissioned to repaint the piece, donating the €3000 fee he was paid to a social art project in Marzahn.^[2]

In terms of style, there is are slight differences between the 1990 and remade 2009 murals, and Vrubel has admitted he committed technical mistakes on the original piece due to inexperience with the method. However, the main message didn't change, despite the artist's doubts that Berliners would perceive it differently or "worse." ^[6] The main difference between the first and second “Kiss” is the use of lines and color, which improved in the 2009 version giving a it more realistic appearance.

Photographer Bossu and Vrubel met in 2009 and were photographed together on 16 June with reproductions of their works.^[2]^[7]

Critical reception of the painting

In a 2014 interview, the artist explains how both the location and the characters give meaning to the painting: "In this painting, there's one German and one Russian, and the Berlin Wall is about the same thing but in reverse: here [in the painting], there's total love, while the Berlin Wall separates two worlds — it was a perfect fit." He wanted to create a "wow" factor, which he definetely did. However, he did not expect the success it had. ^[12]

Prominent derivative works include Make Everything Great Again, a 2016 Lithuanian mural of Russian president Vladimir Putin and United States president Donald Trump in a similar pose,^[13]^[14]^[15] a 2016 mural in Bristol featuring Donald Trump and pro-Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson,^[16] in the run-up to the 2016 referendum, and a billboard of Trump and rival for the Republican nomination for the 2016 US presidential election Ted Cruz which appeared in Cleveland ahead of the 2016 Republican National Convention, which was the work of non-governmental organisation Planting Peace.^[17]

References

1. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/42-21927891/kiss-of-soviet-leader-brezhnev-and-east |title=Kiss of Soviet Leader Brezhnev and East German President Honecker |publisher=Corbis |accessdate=22 November 2011 |postscript=Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East German President Erich Honecker kiss on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the German Democratic Republics.}}
2. ^¹²{{cite news |title= Die längste Open-Air-Galerie der Welt. Die Geschichte eines Gemäldes: Der Bruderkuss|author= |first= Jochen|last= Clemens|authorlink= |authorlink2= |author2= |author3= |author4= |author5= |author6= |author7= |url= https://www.welt.de/sonderveroeffentlichung/landderideen/article4925486/Die-laengste-Open-Air-Galerie-der-Welt.html|agency= |newspaper= Welt Online|publisher= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |pmid= |pmd= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date= November 22, 2009|page= |pages= |at= |accessdate= |language= German|trans-title=The story of a painting: The brother kiss|quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |ref=}}
3. ^{{cite news |title= Brezhnev Arrives in East Germany For 30th Anniversary Celebration; Ceausescu Is Not Expected|author= |first= John|last= Vinocur|authorlink= |authorlink2= |author2= |author3= |author4= |author5= |author6= |author7= |url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70A16FF355511728DDDAC0894D8415B898BF1D3&scp=21&sq=|format= |agency= |newspaper= The New York Times|publisher= The New York Times Company|location= East Berlin|isbn= |issn= 0362-4331|oclc= 1645522|pmid= |pmd= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date= October 5, 1979|page= A8|pages= |at= |accessdate= |trans-title=|quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |ref=}}
4. ^{{cite news |title= Soviet and East Germans Sign an Economic Pact|author= |first= John|last= Vinocur|authorlink= |authorlink2= |author2= |author3= |author4= |author5= |author6= |author7= |url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40F16FA3F5C11728DDDAF0894D8415B898BF1D3&scp=29&sq=|format= |agency= |newspaper= The New York Times|publisher= The New York Times Company|location= East Berlin|isbn= |issn= 0362-4331|oclc= 1645522|pmid= |pmd= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date= October 6, 1979|page= 30|pages= |at= |accessdate= |trans-title=|quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |ref=}}
5. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,615900,00.html|title= Kiss of Death. Officials Erase Historic Berlin Wall Mural|first= Malte |last= Göbel|author= |authorlink= |date= March 27, 2009|work= |publisher= Der Spiegel online|location= |page= |pages= |at= |trans-title=|doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |quote= |ref= |separator= |postscript=}}
6. ^{{cite web |last1=Borzenko |first1=Andrey |title=TwitterFacebookInstagram CULTURE · ART Brotherly love: 25 years on, the artist behind the iconic Berlin Wall mural tells his story |url=http://www.calvertjournal.com/articles/show/3356/Dmitri-Vrubel-Berlin-Wall-Brezhnev-Honecker-Kiss |website=The Calvert Journal |accessdate=16 November 2018}}
7. ^{{cite news |title= Russian artist Dmitry Vrubel and photographer Regis Bossu pose before restoration work on a segment of the East Side Gallery|author= |first= Tobias|last= Schwarz|authorlink= |authorlink2= |author2= |author3= |author4= |author5= |author6= |author7= |url= http://www.2space.net/news/article/205379-1245158535/|agency= Reuters|newspaper= |publisher= 2space|location= Berlin|isbn= |issn= |oclc= |pmid= |pmd= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date= Jun 16, 2009|page= |pages= |at= |accessdate= |trans-title=|quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |ref=}}
8. ^{{cite book |title= Behind the Berlin Wall: East Germany and the frontiers of power|last= Major|first= Patrick |year= 2009|publisher= Oxford University Press|location= Oxford, New York|isbn= 978-0-19-924328-0|page= 276|url= https://books.google.com/?id=YJj3ylisBFEC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=}}
9. ^{{cite news |title= What divides Berlin now?|author= |first= John|last= Tagliabue|authorlink= |authorlink2= |author2= |author3= |author4= |author5= |author6= |author7= |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/07/magazine/what-divides-berlin-now.html?scp=14&sq=|format= |agency= |newspaper= The New York Times Magazine|publisher= The New York Times Company|location= N. Y.|isbn= |issn= 0362-4331|oclc= 1645522|pmid= |pmd= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date= April 7, 1991|page= |pages= |at= |accessdate= |trans-title=|quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |ref=}}
10. ^{{cite book |title= Berlin: the biography of a city|last= Read|first= Anthony|author2=Fisher, David|year= 1994|publisher= Hutchinson|location= London|isbn= 978-0-09-178021-0|page= 308|pages= |url= |accessdate=}}
11. ^{{cite journal |last= Minaev|first= Boris|author= |authorlink= |date= October 27, 2003|script-title=ru:Дмитрий Врубель дважды попадал под колесо истории: Когда нарисовал целующихся Брежнева и Хонеккера на Берлинской стене и когда начал рисовать Владимира Путина|trans-title=Dmitri Vrubel got himself twice upon the wheel of history: When portrayed Brezhnev kissing Honecker on the Berlin Wall, and when began to paint Vladimir Putin|journal= Ogonyok|issue= 39|page= 41|location= Moscow|publisher= Pravda |language= Russian|issn= 0131-0097|oclc= 1761076|url= http://www.ogoniok.com/archive/2003/4818/39-40-42/|quote= Многие тогда говорили: да какая это картина, просто взял и перерисовал фотографию, но тем не менее это была картина, причем великая, и у нее было название, между прочим — «Господи, помоги мне выжить среди этой смертной любви»}}
12. ^{{cite web |last1=Borzenco |first1=Andrey |title=Brotherly love: 25 years on, the artist behind the iconic Berlin Wall mural tells his story |url=http://www.calvertjournal.com/articles/show/3356/Dmitri-Vrubel-Berlin-Wall-Brezhnev-Honecker-Kiss |website=The Calvert Journal |accessdate=16 November 2018}}
13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/05/14/putin-kissing-trump-mural-goes-viral/84381588/|title=Putin kissing Trump mural goes viral|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2017-11-29|language=en}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://time.com/4336396/lithuania-mural-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-kiss/|title=Street Mural of Donald Trump Kissing Vladimir Putin Goes Viral|website=Time|access-date=2017-12-06}}
15. ^{{cite news |author=Adam Taylor |title=The Putin-Trump kiss being shared around the world |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/13/the-putin-trump-kiss-being-shared-around-the-world/ |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |location= |date=May 13, 2016 |access-date=December 10, 2016 }}
16. ^{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/24/europe/donald-trump-boris-johnson-street-art-kissing/|title=Donald Trump and Boris Johnson pucker up in street art|last=CNN|first=Lauren Said-Moorhouse,|work=CNN|access-date=2017-11-29}}
17. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.rt.com/usa/351641-trump-cruz-kiss-convention/ |title=Trump and Cruz share a kiss on Cleveland billboard ahead of GOP convention (PHOTO) |author= |date=16 July 2016 |website=rt.com |access-date=27 September 2016}}