"Introduction to Meowseum Cat Museum":
Artist Shu Yamamoto was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1948. He graduated from Aichi Prefectural University of Arts and currently lives in Utah, USA, with his family. In 2007, he accidentally saw his son imitating Van Gogh's self-portrait, but the painting was not Van Gogh but the face of a cat. As a cat lover, he was inspired to use this as an opportunity to paint two of his favorite paintings. Elements - "cat" and "art" are combined into creative elements, and the world's famous paintings begin to be fully "meow-ified". From ancient Egypt, the Greek era, the Renaissance, realism, surrealism, Asian art... So far, he has accumulated more than 500 cat-like works, including oil paintings, watercolors, sketches, electronic paintings and other media , in addition to retaining the characteristics of each art genre, he also adds the world view of cats. Looking at his works one after another, it is like being taught a lesson in the art history of cats! Therefore, "Cat Art Museum" became the theme name of this series of works exhibited all over the world.
The Whiskyfind, which is good at using whisky to tell stories, has exclusively obtained the authorization of Osamu Yamamoto to use whiskey to interpret the world-famous paintings that have been transformed into meows. This cross-border cooperation project is the Meowseum Collection of Whisky!
The Last Supper
Original painting: Il Cenacolo, L'Ultima Cena
The world-famous painting "The Last Supper" is a well-known large-scale mural created by Leonardo during the Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci painted on the wall of the refectory of the Cathedral of Milan. The mural is taken from Chapter 26 of the Gospel of Matthew in the Christian Bible. It depicts the disciples appearing confused, sad and turbulent after Jesus prophesied "one of you will betray me" during his last meal with the twelve disciples on the eve of his arrest by Roman soldiers. situation. Only the traitor Judas, who is sitting on the right side of Jesus (the fifth one from the left of the picture), is holding the reward for betraying Jesus in panic, his face dark with surprise.
Da Vinci used the perspective method to successfully present the three-dimensional spatial composition of "The Last Supper": the painting unfolds to both sides with Jesus as the center, like an equilateral triangle, and then uses the undulating movements of the figures to form a triangle of three people, making it The picture is coordinated, balanced and dynamic.
Osamu Yamamoto transformed this famous work into "The Last Cat Food", retaining the calm expression of Jesus and the complex emotions and body language of the twelve disciples in strong contrast. So we blended the original sherry casks from six well-known distilleries in the Scottish Highlands and Islands to create this malt whisky that has been matured for 28 years. It presents a variety of high and low levels and complex and varied tastes, just like this world. The various wonderful inner dramas depicted in famous paintings are intriguing.
Aroma: cinnamon, cigar, warm cream, stewed fruit, passion fruit, honey, citrus jam, figs, minerals, Ceylon black tea, chocolate, sea breeze, stewed pears with rock sugar, waxy.
Taste: stewed fruit, honey, ebony, raw chocolate, butterfat, cinnamon, Ceylon black tea, incense, cigar, wax, sea breeze, ore, cloves.
Final rhyme: dried fruits, plums, minerals, cocoa, stewed fruits, black tea, sea breeze, figs, cigars, and fluid in the cheeks.
