How is light captured? How is time given form? These questions transcend mere physics; they are the eternal propositions of art. The shifting flow of light silently etches the trajectory of time, mirroring the subtle transformations of the human spirit, refracting myriad reflections within the long river of experience. Shuise Art Workshop presents the exhibition Light-Woven Traces of Time, featuring the works of US-based artist Echo Lew and emerging Taiwanese artist Hsu Chun-Yu. We invite viewers to embark on this sensory journey where light forms the warp and time the weft.

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Echo Lew employs "the trace of light" as the core vocabulary of his practice. Originally a painter, he draws upon a profound foundation in painting, now utilizing photographic techniques to transform light's passage into abstract brushstrokes. His works transcend simple image documentation, unfolding as symphonic visual compositions that fuse musical rhythm, temporal continuity, and painterly structure. While capturing the fleeting instant of light with precision, Echo Lew spatializes the intangible flow of time, distilling it into pure form. The profound resonance emanating from his work subtly echoes the philosophical depth of Eastern abstract painting.

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Counterpoint to Echo Lew's luminous poetry, Hsu Chun-Yu wields copper wire as her unique brush for depicting the world. Employing masterful metalworking techniques, she meticulously bends and shapes the wire, translating keen observations of daily life into vibrant, three-dimensional "linear sketches". Her practice focuses on the people, events, and objects surrounding her, employing a realistic yet poetic approach to eternally weave fleeting moments of life into space with metallic lines. Before Hsu Chun-Yu's creations, these captured instants seem to breathe still; the situations and emotions of the present moment continue to unfold and resonate before the viewer's eyes, allowing the vanished time to linger as a tangible presence.

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Within Light-Woven Traces of Time, Echo Lew and Hsu Chun-Yu—one capturing the abstract essence of time through light, the other inscribing the tangible warmth of life through line—arrive at a shared destination. Both utilize linearity as their fundamental artistic language. Through the interplay of light and line, the dialogue between the ephemeral and the concrete, they collaboratively weave visible pathways through time. We invite you to pause within this interwoven space, to witness how time is captured and given form by the artist's hand, and to contemplate its existence—both abstract and profoundly real—within the pure flow of lines and shifting light.