Exhibition draws on the importance of lines

Primal Nature

More of the calligraphic and loosely painted works are grouped under the theme "Primal Nature." Kaoshiung-based artist Lu Ming-te (盧明德) shows Tatu Mountain, a collage of paint and twigs on fabric. A marble sculpture of a mythic beast that is half lion and half female by Pierre Sz'kely exemplifies the theme.

Urban Energy

Works whose combinations of lines create a strong vortex of feeling are grouped under "Urban Energy." Michell Hwang's Dignity is an acrylic painting on a cut-out piece of wooden board that resembles a winter sled designed especially for the Abstract Expressionist painter, as curvy, expressive lines and bright color lend a lot of energy to the oddly-shaped piece.

Swallow Lin's (林燕) The Philosopher is a woodcut with the most delicate lines of red and black on cream-colored paper. The concentric lines form the basic outline of a head and shoulders, but it is still abstract enough to appear like a tribal drawing. Regardless of the categories in which the work is grouped, the exhibition proves that without line, art would be a formless, non-existent entity.

Exhibition notes:

What: Depictions in Line and Form at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum

Where: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 181, Zhongshan N Rd, Sec 3, Taipei (台北市中山北路三段181號)

When: Until May 22; Tuesdays to Sundays, 9:30am to 5:30pm