- Hsu Chun-Yu｜Postures of Presence: Everyday in Lines
- 2025｜07.12 - 08.23
- Opening｜2025.07.12 4pm
- Lin & Lin Gallery
Lin & Lin Gallery is pleased to present Hsu Chun-Yu's metal wire sculptures exhibition Postures of Presence: Everyday in Lines in July. The artist burns, hammers, and bends metal wires to depict figures and their dynamic postures, which are common in everyday life. The flowing lines interlace with the dark shadows projected on the blank wooden boards, causing the lines of varying thicknesses to overlap as the light and shadow change, and the moments of ordinary people's "presence" to emerge one by one, presenting a real and subtle scene of life, as well as demonstrating the artist's gaze and perception of the various of life.
"These sculptures are nameless and also without stories.
They are not the dramatic protagonists, but rather the most common and easily overlooked beings around us."
──Hsu Chun-Yu
"Figures made of curved and overlapped metal wires" and "gathering people" are distinctive features in Hsu's works. She demonstrates her mastery of the medium through the delicate portrayal of figures and scenes, and the use of smooth and flexible lines that respond to the aesthetic pursuit of possessing both substance and essence in traditional oriental painting and calligraphy lines. In the figures, Hsu bends and overlaps flat wires of different widths back and forth, depicting the rough outlines of the figures, postures, and wrinkled details. On the other hand, in the strong contrast of light and shadow, the winding wires intertwined and extended beyond the screen, creating a dynamic between the wires and space. When the light shines on the sculpture's openwork, it fills in the outline and adds emotions, also presenting a variety of emotions and atmospheres as the audience moves around. Furthermore, the overlap of dark wire lines and grey shadows create a rich visual depth while generating a sense of presence in time and space, echoing the true state of "people in the social field."
The works in this exhibition, which appear to be images of records about common people in wire lines, are actually a metaphor for the "postures" of ordinary people adjusting their roles and finding their places in society. These sculptures not only show the painting's brushwork, but also the space and structure of itself. Its transparent and open form of expression leads the audience to the line movement and immerses them in the scenario and rhythm of each individual figure. While watching, we gaze at these unknown but real people in the social area, thus evoking a deep resonance with the existence of the other and one's own position in the real society.
Hsu Chun-Yu, born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, 1996, graduated from Jewelry and Metal Arts, the Graduate Institute of Applied Arts, Tainan National University of the Arts, and currently lives and works in Tainan. The artist uses the metal wire to sculpt the people in everyday life, and she has won many awards, including the Golden Award of the Sculpture of National Art Exhibition R.O.C., 2024; the Honorable Mention Award of the 3D Arts Creation of Yilan Arts Awards, 2024; the Selected for the 3D Arts Creation of 2024 Miaoli Biennial Fine Arts Exhibition, 2024; the Prize for Excellence of the sixth Lih Pao international Sculpture Biennial Awards, 2023; the Selected for the Sculpture of Young Artist Award, 2022; the Tainan Awards and the First Prize for the Sculpture of Tainan Fine Arts Exhibition, 2021; the Bronze Award of the Sculpture of National Art Exhibition R.O.C., 2021. In the following her selected solo exhibition, including Postures of Presence: Everyday in Lines, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2025; Aspects of the Human Shape, South Gallery of Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan, 2022. And the selected group exhibitions she participated are ARCHIVE, OR FOUND OBJECTS: Paint House Ex-situ Preservation Project, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, Taipei, Taiwan, 2025; Phùn-tsuí, tshiū-nâ, Tsu-lô-san ê suann-kha, Chiayi Art Museum, Chiayi, Taiwan, 2024; National Art Exhibition R.O.C., National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan, 2024; Enjoy Your Meal, Neiwei Arts Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2024; Living the Days, Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art, Nantou , Taiwan, 2023; Day by Day, Xinying Cultural Center, Tainan, Taiwan, 2023; Mixed Virtuality and Reality, Tainan Cultural Center, Tainan, Taiwan, 2022; Tainan Fine Arts Exhibition, Tainan Cultural Center, Tainan, Taiwan, 2021; National Art Exhibition R.O.C., National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan, 2021; Hung Si Art Exhibition, Changhua County Art Museum, Changhua, Taiwan, 2021; Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition of Taichung City, Dadun Cultural Center, Taichung, Taiwan, 2020. Her work is in collections of museums and institutions such as Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art, Tainan Cultural Center and so on.
