Glass Butterfly

In fact, when Ruan Youqing’s second solo exhibition began to be prepared, the Glass Art Museum was officially established.In the past half a year, the preparations for the site selection started, and when the autumn weather began to cool, everything was ready, just waiting for the official opening to the public.

On the weekend when the project was completed, Ruan Youqing and Tang Tu ran to the airport together to meet Miwa Kawai, who had come all the way to participate in the ribbon-cutting of the art museum. This time she not only attended in person, but also brought new works from the resident museum.

"Have you seen Young Qing?" The creator of the work came a week in advance. Kawai Meiyu walked between him and Tang Tu, with a junior high school student on her back, "I only saw the photos."

Ruan Youqing shook her head: "I've only seen photos. Teacher's space is relatively dark, so I still have to see it on the spot."

"Yeah, let's go then!" Miu Kawai opened the door of the driver's cab, and was stunned when she saw the steering wheel, "Huh?"

Assistant Kojima Sora smiled and pushed her to the back seat: "Teacher, this side is left-hand drive, we still sit in the back."

"Eat something first, let's go after eating. The coffee shop over there hasn't opened yet, so there's nothing to eat for now." Tang Tu couldn't help but smile, and took the initiative to sit in the driver's seat.

The four of them had a light meal at Chuqing's restaurant, checked in for the two of them, and then drove to the art gallery on the outskirts of the city.

Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, the museum is located in a quiet forest.Get off from the planned parking lot, and you have to walk through the long forest trails to reach the garden in front of the building. The plants and trees here are carefully arranged by the garden designer. In early autumn, Even the fallen leaves are laid out with exquisite color layers, and the crisp sound of stepping on the feet is very healing.

The center of the small garden outside the door is the landmark here, a huge glass diamond, which looks dazzling from a distance.

"Is this the work of JackStorms?" Miwa Kawai walked closer and carefully observed the sculpture, which is one person tall and made of crystal glass bricks stacked and glued together, and asked in surprise.

The outer layer of glass bricks is crystal clear, while the inner layer is colored lead glass crystals polished to a fire effect, which has the same beauty as natural gemstones.

"It was designed by him and completed by the construction team. It is just right as the landmark sculpture of this art museum." Tang Tu pointed to the three-dimensional glass characters on the base - Huocai Art Museum.

The name "Huo Cai" was chosen by Ruan Youqing, who finally stood out from many candidates.

In his eyes, glass is the art of light and shadow.

Sunlight has colors, but it is often ignored. People subconsciously think that light is white and hot.

And glass can just materialize these colors, and return the original colors of light through refraction and scattering, just like those beautifully cut natural gems.

"Let's go, let's go in and have a look." Tang Tu acted as a temporary guide and took them through the double-story building with off-white walls and glass from the beginning to the end.

They have seen the discovery and development of glass, its genres from ancient times to the present, as well as hundreds of pieces of glass artworks collected from all over the world, large and small, by modern and contemporary artists with their own characteristics.Walking in the light and shadow, it took a whole afternoon.

Kawai Miwa's works have an independent exhibition hall. In a dark space without natural lighting, an old metal anchor is stuck in the sand of the deep sea, with layers of weird biological cells attached to it. With the light, a huge The feeling of oppression makes the hairs stand on end.However, if the people in it are careful enough, they will find five beautiful and dangerous jellyfish lurking in the space. Their tentacles gathered neurotoxins are floating, waiting for an opportunity to move.

"Ah, did you do this specially in cooperation with Youqing?" Miha Kawai squatted in the corner, touching the jellyfish's outstretched tentacles with her fingertips.

"En." Ruan Youqing nodded.

"Where is Teacher Youqing's own work?" Kojima Sora behind her asked curiously, and she had already changed her name to Ruan Youqing as a teacher.

Apart from a few jellyfish, this museum also has two works by Ruan Youqing.

The new works completed a few days ago were hung alone in the exhibition hall connected to the back garden, and were illuminated by the natural light from the large floor-to-ceiling windows.It is the largest abstract painting in the Jingwei series. It is three meters long, one meter high, and six centimeters thick. At different times of the day, it produces different color effects according to the angle of the sun. Sometimes it is a sparkling stream, sometimes It is also like an unexplored mysterious mine.

Miha Kawai sat on the special sofa bench in front of the picture frame and did not speak for a long time.

A cloud cruising, a bird passing by, a few leaves trembling in the autumn wind.

Every slight change outside the window will change the atmosphere of the whole work.

This bench is specially designed for the viewer to appreciate the work for a long time.

""SnellsLaw"?" Sora Kojima read the name of the work silently, as if he did not clear the content of Snell's Law.

"It's the law of refraction of light." Tang Tu explained carefully.

After Kawai Miu sat quietly for 10 minutes, she finally opened her mouth: "I kind of want to collect this work, Teacher Youqing."

"Teacher..." Ruan Youqing was a little embarrassed, "This painting has already been donated to the art museum..."

"Then, let's go to the next one." Kawai Miu got up, "Can I invite the Hokkaido Glass Museum? If there is a new work in the same series, please be sure to take a look."

The ribbon-cutting ceremony was featured in various news media, with videos and pictures.And Ruan Youqing, as the only artist in his 20s, naturally received the most attention because of his outstanding appearance.

Afterwards, Tu Bai received various invitations, most of which were interviews with art media.

"Boss, there is an online variety show on a video platform here, and I would like to invite Teacher Youqing to visit Aomori County." Xu Hanyi held his notebook and put it in front of Tang Tu, "I briefly watched their past shows, and the team is quite experienced. Yes, it started out as a travel show. The year before last, it launched a separate series of art museums, and it’s already the third season. Each episode has a relatively small art museum, both at home and abroad, with a fixed host and a celebrity guest.”

Tang Tu glanced at it, confirmed that it was a mainstream platform, and then clicked on the introduction of the main creative team.

The first one in the list is the director and regular host of this variety show. The screenshot of the behind-the-scenes video looks better than the refined ID photo. It looks like she has no makeup, only her hair is scratched.

Ji Xinghui, a pair of clear and lively deer eyes are very characteristic, looking like 27.

"Are you partnering with him? How experienced is it?"

"Boss...you don't know him..." Xu Hanyi took out his mobile phone and poked around, "Ji Xinghui, I have known him many years ago, and I have a lot of experience. I have worked as an editor and self-media, I started doing variety shows a few years ago.”

"I don't usually watch the show... Is he very hot? How is his temper?"

"A few years ago when I was doing a travel show, it was very popular... Two years ago, I was photographed abroad and registered for marriage with a retired figure skater... I remember it was Australia." The girl handed him the phone, "You If you don't know him, you must have heard of his husband..."

Tang Tu took the phone, and suddenly found that Ji Xinghui was the same age as him, and his partner was also of the same sex...

"...Well, I've seen his game..." He sighed softly, no wonder he only does web dramas with such an excellent appearance, "I'll go back tonight and show you the show before making a decision. I must like it. Don’t rush to give an answer over there, just say that we are trying our best to coordinate.”

Unexpectedly, Ruan Youqing fell in love with him unexpectedly, hugged him and nestled on the sofa to watch a show from a few years ago called "Lonely Planet".

"Next time we have a chance to go to Japan, let's try island hopping in the Seto Inland Sea." Ruan Youqing put one arm around Tang Tu's waist and said lazily in his ear.

"Okay." Tang Tu asked, "The host has a new program and wants to invite you to be a guest."

Ruan Youqing was taken aback, "Is it a travel show? Where are you going? Why did you invite me?"

"It's not a purely travel program. It's about going to experience art museums around the world. In December they will go to the Aomori Prefectural Art Museum. But the guests may have to talk a lot in front of the camera... Interested?"

"...What do you want to say? Introduce the museum?"

"Those are the job of the host. I probably want you to express some opinions from the artist's point of view and guide appreciation." Tang Tu pinched his cheeks, "I guess it's okay if you don't say too much, and it's good to see your face." .”

"Then I'll go, and you can take a vacation too. We haven't gone out to play for a long time." He fell into Tang Tu's arms and rubbed the man's chin lightly with the hard head.

"Didn't you just go to the United States and Japan at the beginning of the year." The other party laughed, and inserted his fingers into Ruan Youqing's hair for a massage.

"It was going to work... only stayed for a few days, did nothing..." Ruan Youqing emphasized.

"That's good. Go on vacation. Tomorrow, I will ask Hanyi to arrange the time and stay there for half a month. It will snow in Aomori at that time, so I can just soak in the hot spring."

"……Um……"

"Sleepy? What time is it..." Tang Tu couldn't support his weight, so he simply fell back and lay on the soft armrest of the leather sofa, with Ruan Youqing covering it like a thick blanket.

He grabbed his phone and glanced at the time. It was 10:30, which was indeed still early.

In the blink of an eye, the hearing aid was fumbled off with one hand, indicating that the busy nightlife had just kicked off.

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