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Shanghai Art Exhibition: Salt, Glass, and Heat

Publié le 27 août 2020 Mis à jour le 27 août 2020 Culture

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Shanghai Art Exhibition: Salt, Glass, and Heat

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THE SHOUTER x LITCHI present SALT

“Salt?” a friend questioned when they saw the poster for THE SHOUTER x LITCHI exhibition. “What do you mean, salt?” I queried in return. “Yeah, that’s what that character says, 盐(yan), that means salt,” they explained. “I guess that’s the name of the art exhibition,” I replied. I wondered if the meaning of the name was "lost in translation," or if this was simply another one of those art things I do not understand.

The world of art is difficult to make sense of, but imagine trying to comprehend the message an artist is trying to share when that message is in a language that you can barely speak. I took another look at the poster for the event and was transfixed with the elegance and simplicity of the character 盐(yan) written out in salt. There was s