In the context of contemporary art, “seeing” has never been merely a visual act—it is a way of reinterpreting life and responding to the world.

 

As part of the “Young Art Kaohsiung × Emerging Pathways” program organized by the Kaohsiung Bureau of Cultural Affairs, isart gallery presents Through New Perspectives, featuring five artists under the age of forty. Each unfolds a unique exploration of material, time, and perception, opening new possibilities for how contemporary art can be imagined.

Through distinct visual languages, the five artists respond to the interplay between self and environment, memory and reality:

 

▍Artist Yi-Ting Su 蘇誼亭
Merges fiber and painting to record the vanishing urban landscape, transforming everyday scenes into moments of quiet reflection.

Sketch city-17

Chinese ink, acrylic, rayon, cotton on canvas

22 × 27 cm

 

▍Artist CHAO-HAO LIAO 廖昭豪
Uses pulp and imitation techniques to let soft materials bear the weight of solid terrains, revealing the fragile yet profound attachment between humans and their surroundings.

Copper Wire Flooring: The Sketching of fiower. 09

Pulp, Cork chips, gold leaf, Foaming, Wood

31.5 x 22 x 5.5 cm

 

▍Artist Ting-Hsuan Yeh 葉庭瑄
Employs the transparency of paper and layered perspectives to evoke the fluid movement of time, memory, and self-awareness.

Cirrus Village-1

Chinese pigments, non-woven fabric, gold and silver foil on Yunlong paper, mounted on wood panel

50 x 60 cm

 

▍Artist Tzu-Ching Chang 張子晴
Through the tension and flow of paint, exposes the contradictions and uncertainties of emotion, navigating between order and disorder.

Deep in the tea, the flowers quietly bloom.

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 60 cm (image size)
42 x 62 cm (with frame)

 

▍Artist Kiki Lin 林慧琪
Uses mineral pigments to depict everyday objects, distilling traces of labor and familial tenderness into subtle emotional landscapes.

Little berries on a Walk

Mineral pigment, oriental paper, Japanese metal foil

25.5 x 70 cm

 

Individually distinct yet resonant as a whole, these works sketch the attitude of “perception”—a gaze that penetrates the present while unfolding pathways toward the future.

Rooted in Kaohsiung for over forty years, isart gallery continues to embody the belief that art and life are inseparable.
This exhibition not only echoes the Young Art Kaohsiung – Under 40 initiative to support emerging artists, but also channels the creative energy of a new generation—infusing the city with renewed perspectives and cultural depth.

Through New Perspectives invites viewers to journey alongside the artists.
In moments of observation and dialogue, art ceases to be distant; it seeps into the everyday, reflecting Kaohsiung’s evolving contemporary landscape and its possibilities ahead.

💛 Interactive Highlight
During Through New Perspectives, each visitor will receive a small yellow dot—your personal vote of appreciation.
Place it beside the artwork that moves you most, and let your choice become part of the exhibition’s living dialogue.

 

▍ A Journey Through Contemporary Perspectives
Five emerging artists intertwine time, material, and perception to reveal new ways of seeing—illuminating the subtle layers between memory and reality.
Through New Perspectives invites you to slow down, to look, and to rediscover Kaohsiung’s contemporary landscape through the quiet resonance of art.

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