Italian girls have made 1 yuan old newspapers into works of art, and each one is still bidding at a high price. Who is she?

"Carving gold is the best way to spread wisdom and customs and contribute to the prosperity of the people." -Don Li Shangyin's A Man's Day is Matter.

I don't know if you cut window grilles when you were a child. A simple piece of colored paper can cut out all kinds of beautiful patterns. The paper cut by us ordinary people are all very common symmetrical patterns, which are equally beautiful, but with a little less clever charm. In the hands of some special paper-cutting craftsmen, small pieces of paper can be cut into various beautiful patterns to show their inner joys and sorrows, which is one of the oldest folk arts in China.

The art of paper-cutting appeared in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Now when you go to some traditional rural areas, you can still see all kinds of paper-cut patterns on the windows of every household. However, with the development of the times, the art of paper-cutting has gradually disappeared from everyone's sight, and more beautiful stickers have replaced the status of paper-cutting art. Many children don't even know that there is such a skill.

Before, I wrote an article about Ku Lan Shu, who is a "flower arranging lady". It is rare that she can process and create paper-cutting art in modern times, which makes it glow with unique brilliance and even enter the United Nations. But how many Ku Lan Shu are there in China? The decline of folk traditional art makes us less and less aware of traditional culture.

The reason why I wrote so much about the art of paper-cutting is because a magical artist appeared in the distant European continent. Myriam Dion, an Italian girl born in 1980s, graduated from the University of Quebec majoring in visual and media arts, but her works unexpectedly fit the traditional paper-cutting art in China, which has attracted great attention.

Newspapers in Europe have been developing very well. Even though the publishing industry is declining, many people in Europe and America still keep the habit of reading newspapers (which is of course related to their underdeveloped online literature). However, while reading is a good habit, littering newspapers everywhere is not.

Once, Myriam Dion suddenly felt sorry when she saw someone throw away a newspaper after reading it. While feeling that even the paper media in Europe and America are slowly declining, she wants to use some methods to make these discarded newspapers more valuable, which is a disguised way to change these newspapers that are destined to be gradually eliminated by the times.

The idea she came up with was very simple, that is, paper cutting.

Of course, her paper-cutting is still different from our traditional paper-cutting. She will choose the more important content in the newspaper, that is, choose the topic, choose the appropriate news, then put the main picture in the center, and then only keep the title part, and the other parts will be made into various decorations through paper cutting.

For example, in this report about the sinking of the Shiyue, she put the ship at the core and skillfully cut the surrounding newspapers into waves, which is more in line with the theme; Remember the sudden fire at Notre Dame de Paris on 20 19? The burning of this world-famous building has attracted global attention. Miriam Dion also used more than 50 newspapers to highlight the most famous rose skylight of Notre Dame de Paris to commemorate the eternal Notre Dame.

The newspaper that once cost only one yuan has a new life in Myriam Dion's hands. After reading, discarded newspapers become exquisite works of art, enough to be framed and hung on the wall. The paper-cut she created not only highlights the theme of the newspaper, but also has a unique aesthetic feeling. Even if it sells for 25,000 yuan, the buyer still shouts "It's worth it!"

Myriam Dion's works are not simple. In addition to the topic selection, how to conform to the content of the article and make the paper-cut creation more aesthetic is a matter that requires a very superb aesthetic and a high degree of care. It will take her at least 65,438+05 days to finish such a paper-cut.

In fact, the world's cognition of beauty is the same. Why does Chinese paper-cutting art gradually decline in China, but similar works can shine in Europe and America? Or is it because we are not confident in our own culture in our bones and think that the tradition is "old" and "outdated"? If we are willing to settle down and study, can't we really combine traditional skills with modern society like milian Dion to create works that are more in line with today's society?