Chen Haiyan 陈海燕
The Cat Who Does not Eat Fish Bones 不吃鱼骨的猫, 1998
Copper plate print 铜版画
39 3/8 x 19 3/4 in
100 x 50 cm
100 x 50 cm
Edition of 38
'Dream- August 7th, 1997. Zhang Cheng, my little sister, the man working at the computer lab in the Academy of Art and I were playing cards. They already got the...
"Dream- August 7th, 1997.
Zhang Cheng, my little sister, the man working at the computer lab in the Academy of Art and I were playing cards. They already got the food and gave some to me. I was feeding the cat. I cut the leftover fish bones into small pieces and mixed them with rice. There was too much soup and it was dark in color, so I poured the soup out. The cat didn't realize it. I tapped the rice with my finger, then it started eating. I got spades and clubs only, each card has a rectangular-shaped cutout. Each of us got cards with cutouts of different shapes, so we can tell what card each of us had. My older sister's skirt was too translucent. It turned out that she left her creamy white linen petticoat in the other room outside. "
"梦1997.8.7
围一桌打牌。张诚、妹妹、我、美院电话机房男子，他们已经拿到饭，分给我后，我在喂猫。把吃剩的鱼骨刺一段段切断给猫拌饭，汤太多而黑，黑水倒掉，小猫还不知道。我用手指点点饭，它才吃起来。我的牌是一手黑桃和草花，牌上都用刀切过一个长型的透光处。每个人形不同，由此可辨每一个人手中是何牌了。姐姐穿的裙子太透明了，原来她把衬裙那米白色亚麻脱在外间了。"
Zhang Cheng, my little sister, the man working at the computer lab in the Academy of Art and I were playing cards. They already got the food and gave some to me. I was feeding the cat. I cut the leftover fish bones into small pieces and mixed them with rice. There was too much soup and it was dark in color, so I poured the soup out. The cat didn't realize it. I tapped the rice with my finger, then it started eating. I got spades and clubs only, each card has a rectangular-shaped cutout. Each of us got cards with cutouts of different shapes, so we can tell what card each of us had. My older sister's skirt was too translucent. It turned out that she left her creamy white linen petticoat in the other room outside. "
"梦1997.8.7
围一桌打牌。张诚、妹妹、我、美院电话机房男子，他们已经拿到饭，分给我后，我在喂猫。把吃剩的鱼骨刺一段段切断给猫拌饭，汤太多而黑，黑水倒掉，小猫还不知道。我用手指点点饭，它才吃起来。我的牌是一手黑桃和草花，牌上都用刀切过一个长型的透光处。每个人形不同，由此可辨每一个人手中是何牌了。姐姐穿的裙子太透明了，原来她把衬裙那米白色亚麻脱在外间了。"
