Chapter 413 Strange Paintings
Many people were also surprised by Li Jinxing's appearance and began to get excited, wanting to come over and say hello to Li Jinxing.
Even several business celebrities around Ji Minghuan left Ji Minghuan and strode towards Li Jinxing with champagne in their hands, greeting him with a faint smile, fearing that they would fall behind.
Li Jinxing responded to them politely. Seeing that these people seemed to have something else to say to Li Jinxing, Nie Yao did not disturb them. She quietly walked aside and continued to appreciate other paintings.
Soon, Nie Yao was attracted by a strange painting. In the painting, there was a woman with bull horns on her head and gorgeous clothes. She was lowering her head to kiss a man who was wearing a fake beard, dressed in men's clothes, holding a scepter, and dressed like a pharaoh. The colors were very bright and the painting was lifelike.
This painting looks like the colorful relief murals in ancient Egyptian temples. Although it is not as large as the murals, it is eye-catching enough because of its three-dimensional effect.
Nie Yao couldn't help but look up and look at it for a long time. She found that the material of this painting was indeed different from other oil paintings. It was painted on papyrus. She couldn't help but shook her head and laughed.
Unlike smooth, slippery paper, papyrus is naturally yellowed and has various wrinkles on its surface, making it difficult to write on it...
The earliest papyrus paintings disappeared in the long river of history. After countless efforts, they were restored in the mid-twentieth century. Now they can often be seen in the Egyptian market. Some are made into hanging paintings and some are made into bookmarks. However, seeing it at the exhibition of this emerging painter this time, Nie Yao couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Nie Yao took a look at the signature on the lower left corner of the painting and found it was an extremely unfamiliar name, Ra, which was almost never heard of among emerging painters. Moreover, this painter named Ra only exhibited this one and only papyrus painting in this art gallery!
It is very likely that this painter is from Egypt, but who is so arrogant that he dares to sign his name directly as Ra, which is the sun god Amun-Ra in ancient Egyptian mythology?
Nie Yao stood in front of the painting while thinking silently, and did not leave. She did not even notice when Ji Minghuan walked up to her until his voice reached her ears.
"Do you like this painting very much?"
Nie Yao raised her head and glanced at Ji Minghuan, frowned slightly, and did not answer him.
Ji Minghuan shrugged and explained with a smile, "I saw you standing in front of this painting for a long time. You only admired the paintings hanging on the wall for a few moments at most, but this painting caught your eye..."
Nie Yao responded. Although she really didn't want to chat with Ji Minghuan any longer, she replied calmly out of politeness, "Well, I just didn't expect such a painting to appear in today's emerging art exhibition!"
"You probably don't know this, but there are actually many such exhibitions every year. They're called exhibitions of emerging artists, but they're just galleries trying to sell off their backlog of paintings. Of course, they also provide an elegant venue for celebrities and businesspeople to interact and mingle!"
Ji Minghuan smiled and gave Nie Yao a brief introduction. He seemed to be explaining patiently, but there was a hint of arrogance in his words.
He thought Nie Yao would look at him a few more times, but Nie Yao's reaction was very calm. She just said "Really?" and didn't ask any more questions.
Seeing this, Ji Minghuan added somewhat unwillingly: "If you like, I can bring you here more often in the future..."
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