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The 90th Book is a photorealistic oil painting on canvas. The work depicts a space made up of bookshelves, archive cabinets, art books, magazines and folders. Books are densely arranged, stacked and partly hidden, creating a visual structure that appears ordered, but also slightly crowded. It seems to be a quiet space of knowledge, yet this order does not produce complete clarity. Instead, it creates a sense of pressure, as if the viewer is surrounded by information, images and history.
 

I am interested in the bookshelf as a symbol of a knowledge system. It suggests learning, organisation and accumulation, but also classification, preservation and cultural authority. In this work, books are not only carriers of text. They also become material traces of time, experience and memory after being archived. When they are placed so closely together, knowledge itself begins to feel heavy, compressed and difficult to enter.
 

The photorealistic approach is not simply about copying a photograph. It is a way of slowing down the act of looking. A photograph captures a moment, while painting turns that moment into a longer process of observation and labour. By repeatedly painting book spines, reflections, shadows and edges, I want to make an ordinary bookshelf feel more concentrated and slightly unfamiliar.
 

The 90th Book is not only a painting of a library or archive space. It reflects on how knowledge is stored, managed and seen. The work transforms an everyday corner into a space shaped by order, memory and the pressure of learning.

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《The 90th Book》是一件照相写实的布面油画。画面描绘了一处书架与资料柜交错的空间：艺术书籍、设计档案、杂志、文件夹和储物格被密集地排列、堆叠、遮挡。它看似是一处安静的知识空间，却并不完全稳定。书本被分类、收纳和保存，但画面中的秩序并没有带来真正的清晰，反而形成一种被信息、历史和图像包围的视觉压力。

 

我感兴趣的是书架作为一种知识系统的象征。它通常意味着学习、整理和积累，也代表着某种文化权威。但在这件作品中，书籍不再只是知识的容器，而更像是被压缩的时间、记忆和制度的痕迹。每一本书都暗示着一个曾经被书写、被观看、被归档的世界，而当它们被密集地放置在一起时，知识本身也变得沉重、拥挤和难以进入。

 

作品采用照相写实的绘画方式，并不是为了简单复制照片，而是为了放慢观看的速度。摄影捕捉的是瞬间，而绘画则把这个瞬间重新转化为漫长的劳动过程。通过反复描绘书脊、反光、阴影和边缘，我试图让一个普通的书架空间变得更加陌生。那些原本服务于阅读和分类的物件，在画面中逐渐成为一种空间结构，甚至像城市中的建筑立面一样，形成层层叠加的秩序与阻隔。

 

因此，这件作品并不只是描绘一处图书馆或资料空间，而是在思考知识如何被储存、管理和视觉化。它追问的是：当记忆被归档，当经验被分类，当书籍成为秩序的一部分，个体还能如何在这些系统中找到自己的位置？《The 90th Book》将一个日常的书架转化为一个关于知识、秩序和记忆压力的心理空间。