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Double Square Gallery is delighted to present An (Un)specific Scenery – Lin Chuan-Chu Solo Exhibition, which runs from July 2 to August 13, 2022. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition at Double Square Gallery since his participation in the gallery’s 2022 group exhibition, Blossom Trees in the Stone. An (Un)specific Scenery features more than seventy paintings on paper, together with the artists drawing sketches, diaries, and other documents accumulated over a long period of time. Throughout the past two pandemic-impacted years, the scenic areas where the artist usually painted from life were closed down, forcing him to hide and make art in a guerilla style. After the scenic areas are reopened, Lin undergoes a deep process of observation, and rethinks about the interaction and relationship between people and these untrodden places, trying to perceive those indescribable moments directly with his body. Using lyrical and flowy ink brushstrokes, he documents the different sceneries which he sees at those moments, and elevates the meaning of landscapes painted from life to another height.

Living in the mountains in Wanli District, Lin is a farmer, writer, and painter in life. Making art in nature and living in coexistence with the mountains and the sea comprise his everyday life. The title of this solo exhibition, An (Un)specific Scenery, originates from his observation of and reflection on painting from life during the pandemic. When he underwent the closing down of the coastal areas where he usually paints, his weather-dependent approach of artistic creation in the natural environment became even more challenging. After the scenic areas opened again, he observes the change of tourist crowds, and reflects about how the door to these “untrodden places” seems wide opened to more people due to the unavailability of international travel. Consequently, he re-experiences the brimming emotions of how nature used to be occupied by himself alone, and could not be experienced by others when he was painting before. This exhibition brings together and teases out Lin’s paintings from life in nature created during recent years, which include images of Taiwan’s northern coast as well as the coastlines in Yilan, Hualien and Taitung. Specializing in colored ink, Lin’s training in contemporary art is mixed with a profound depth of traditional ink painting. He integrates the charm of Eastern painting with the painting consciousness conveyed by Western techniques, and utilizes simple and flowy brushstrokes to express a mild and reserved air of the literati style, and fully visualize the myriad of sceneries in front of his eyes. In addition to paintings, the exhibition also showcases Lin’s drawing sketches, diaries, and image documentation produced throughout years of art-making, which can help spectators understand the states of mind and feelings in the artist’s creative context. To Lin, the self, the sceneries, and the artworks are all part of nature, and are mutually completing through a process of unforce interaction. In this ceaseless process of becoming, Lin’s paintings from life are not just to record the sceneries in front of his eyes, but also include the artist himself, who is painting at those moments—everything comes from nature, and becomes part of it as well.