Everyone needs to cheer up these days amid the pandemic.
Jimmy Liao’s new exhibition “Murmurs in the Studio,” for instance, is a solid remedy for this issue from now until March 31 at Eslite Gallery in Taipei.
More than 90 pieces of works are on display, including some paintingsrevealed for the first timeand a series created during the SARS outbreak called “Thank You, Furry Bunny, for a Wonderful Afternoon.”
▲幾米，失樂園-繃帶馬，2005，壓克力顏料、水彩、油性簽字筆／紙，39 x 57.5 cm (圖|誠品畫廊)。（圖／誠品畫廊）其中，毛毛兔系列系列描述大家逃離了被瘟疫所吞噬的廢棄城市，曾經的小女孩已成為老太太，在荒廢的動物園裡再度與毛毛兔重逢，毛毛兔將老太太心中沈睡的小女孩喚醒，經歷了一場迷人的甜蜜夢境。
The furry bunny series depicts those who escaped from an abandoned city swallowed by the plague.
Years later, a little girl, who has become an old lady, is reunited with her furry bunnyin the deserted zoo.
The furry bunny wakes up the sleeping little girl in the old lady’s heart, experiencing a charming sweet dream.
▲幾米，藍色心境，壓克力顏料、水彩、油性簽字筆／紙，27 x 33 cm。（圖／誠品畫廊）除此之外，本次展覽還能看到幾米以簽字筆、壓克力顏料與水彩，勾勒出單色調的黑白畫面，畫面中沒有直指死亡或失去，透過場景的細膩安排刻劃出豐富的情感表現。
What’s more? The exhibition featuresthe monochromatic black-and-whitepaintings created with Sharpie markers, acrylics and watercolors.
There is no direct reference to death or loss in the picture, but the emotional expressions are portrayed through the delicate arrangement of scenes.
幾米──畫室裡的呢喃|Jimmy LIAO – Murmurs in the Studio
日期：2021年03月05日～03月31日 | Date: March 5 – March 31, 2021