我有个搞雕塑的朋友,是同行中的佼佼者。有一年接到一个指定性任务,让他为一个标志性建筑做一组巨型雕塑:黑猫白猫各一,手上都抓着老鼠,分立于建筑物两侧。他有些犹豫:黑猫白猫的比喻,作为一种政治智慧很形象很伟大,但作直观的具象艺术处理,则颇为难。按照领导的要求,猫的体量必须是庞然大物。猫一大就是虎。而白虎在中国的传统里 I have a friend to engage in sculpture, is the leader in the peer. One year a designated mission was given to him to make a giant set of sculptures for a landmark building: a black cat and a white cat, each holding a mouse in his hands and standing on either side of the building. He hesitated: the metaphor of black cats and white cats is very great as a kind of political wisdom, but it is quite difficult to deal with the visual and concrete art. According to the leadership requirements, the cat’s body must be a monster. A big cat is a tiger. The white tiger in the Chinese tradition