A few days ago, an exhibition called "Fluid Mechanics Research on Cats" was exhibited on the third floor of Sinan Bookstore. A series of hand-painted original cats created by young poet and wild painter Yu Youyou are vivid and interesting, some of them are suspended in the air, some grow on the window glass, or obediently stay in the picture frame... You may wish to follow this group of "fluid cats" wandering around the bookstore, change at will, and get rid of the confinement of life.
Walking into the exhibition hall, it is like falling into a "giant cat's nest". Looking up, the "fluid cat" stretched its soft limbs and levitated in the air in various postures. The cat portrait in Yu Youyou's brush looks colorful, rough and innocent. She likes to work with oil paint sticks because she believes that this is the most direct expression of energy, "the style of wanton and relaxed painting is learned from cats." ”
In the published short story collection "Utilis cats", Yu Youyou completed 60 short chapters about cats, each of which was independently composed of articles, and the content was related, forming a fantasy drama with cats as the protagonist. 60 strange imaginations around the cat, each of which is imaginary, each one is not out of touch with reality, can fit some of the characteristics of the cat.
On the title page of the book, she draws a series of cats in various forms, and designs a new set of visual images for cats with different quantifiers, showing the cat's variable form. This exhibition is indexed by the images of these cats, contains the artist's original animation and paper paintings, and takes visitors into the magical world of "fluid cats" with the theme of "The Study of the Fluid Mechanics of Cats". More than a dozen "Fluid Cat" illustrations were exhibited for the first time.
The audience can also guess the brain-opening "cat talk", test whether they have the keen observation and imagination of a qualified shoveler, and also choose a favorite "spring cat" to have a small interaction with it.
Reporter / Liu Yi
Edited by / Huang Qianwen
Image /Century Clouds
Video / Zhou Fei
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