"Each image may reveal a forest, awaiting your arrival."
The showcased artworks revolve around the realm of photography, serving as a conduit across time and encapsulating the multifaceted meanings it can convey. For the artist Lu Yi-Lin, this realm transforms into a playground of unrestricted reminiscence. The absence of an initially defined theme gradually gives way to an evolution that mirrors the inherent essence of life.
Just as the boundaries of a tangible entity define its domain, the edge of painting delineates the realm of a painting. Scenes, whether nearby or distant, hold the potential to evoke memories and associations from the past. Much like the trajectory of personal growth, scenes often assume a pluralistic form, signifying various life experiences or milestones of spiritual maturation. This nuanced understanding of the scene construct provides a framework for curating photographs. Beyond individual preferences, the inclusion of images projecting an air of detachment or captured with a veneer of impartial objectivity creates an opportunity for dialogic contemplation within Lu's subsequent painterly endeavors.
Each image may reveal a forest, awaiting your arrival, inviting you to step into a world of details and bestow upon it a name. The scenes we captured in images of our past, now distant with the passage of time, resemble meeting a stranger once again. Through this layer of distance, painting intervenes, solidifying images into new forms, allowing stagnant states of life to flow once more.