From January 18 to March 30, the New Taipei City Art Museum will present its exhibition, “Passing Through.” Featuring six artists—Lin Shu-ling, Tsong Pu, Chang Wen-woan, Chang Poki, Lai Chi-man, and Wei Po-jen—the exhibition explores the symbiotic relationship between art and the surrounding landscape. Through lines and forms, nine unique works create fragmented spaces that emerge from the gaps between and within them. By blending drawing and sketching, the voids within the lines, both penetrative and substantial, shape the environment and foster spaces for dialogue.

“Passing Through” not only reflects on how these works interact with and respond to nature, but also envisions an act akin to sketching: a process of observing and capturing the scenery before one's eyes, like holding a sketchbook in constant motion. This perpetual state of movement unfolds in the transitional zone between urban edges and nature in the Sanying Reclamation area, mirroring the dynamic among the nine distinct works. It suggests a choreography of meandering steps along the boundaries of the works, tracing lines with the body, as though it were a moving pencil. Humans, sculptures, and the contours of mountains and rivers create textured outlines that rise and fall organically, breathing with rhythmic clarity like a flowing sketch.

Simultaneously, the exhibition contemplates how these works traverse, construct, and ultimately become space. The works create spaces that are light and fluid, allowing bodies to move freely. These shifting spaces arise from the interplay of seemingly static forms, filling voids and shaping the intangible.