Opening: Lin Qiqing: Every Fiber of Their Bodies

Through labor-intensive processes such as weaving on a handloom, spinning paper yarn, and dyeing with plants, Lin Qiqing explores hidden emotions, struggles, and perseverance with distinctive figurative weaving in her exhibition, Every Fiber of Their Bodies. She incorporates natural fibers such as linen, paper collage, and hand-spun paper yarn made from calligraphy paper and book pages.

Lin investigates through research and experiments with materials, their connection to the human body, to make visible the internal human struggle for existence and our interactions with the world around us. Repeatedly crumpled and smoothed-out handmade mulberry paper bears fine wrinkles reminiscent of human skin. Colors extracted from plants capture the subtle vibrations of nature, while handwoven cloth records the body’s movement and the passage of time.