Sherlovell Yu | Flowing
The shapes created by flowing currents of water, and their power that ebbs and flows, have inspired the Chinese artist’s flower and metal installation depicting a landscape of colliding ripples. This silent, surprising strength is represented here as an undulating mass of flowers encased in a series of circles. When he first visited this patio, it was the water that caught Sherlovell Yu’s eye. His oriental perspective is different, it disorientates us: his art creates a sense of defamiliarization for us. Could what we contemplate in Palacio de Viana be music?