09/11/2026
After a flower-arranging class, artist Ya-Ting Kao watched the flowers she had carefully arranged begin to wither. As petals fell, dried, and shrank, the familiar flowers took on another form, prompting her to reconsider the meaning of a flower’s lifespan—and of life itself.
We often look at flowers at the moment of full bloom, but for the artist, what becomes truly intriguing is the stage when a flower begins to lose its original form. As she once reflected, “Withering is not an ending, but the way time ‘folds’ an entire life into the creases of each petal.”
This contemplation of withering became an important starting point for “The Folds of Time.” Rather than the fleeting brilliance of full bloom, the artist is drawn to the traces left behind as flowers gradually wither and dry. These traces become a way for the artist to contemplate the passage of time and life's changing states.
In the works on paper presented in this exhibition, the artist depicts flowers in different stages of transformation through oil pastel, watercolor, and ink. Rich colors, layered marks, and the movement and absorption of water and ink across the paper allow the works themselves to remain in a state of change—echoing the passage of time experienced by the flowers.
The exhibition also features another work depicting the same arrangement of flowers from a different perspective. As our point of view shifts, the same flowers seem to reveal another side of themselves.
Perhaps, when we take a moment to watch a flower wither, we may also notice the traces that time leaves behind.
Image: Ya-Ting Kao, “Stillness in Blue”, 2025, oil pastel on paper,
86 1/4 x 31 1/8 in, 219 x 79 cm
“ Ya-Ting Kao: The Folds of Time”
｜Venue: Taipei Nunu Fine Art
｜Date: July 24 - September 26, 2026
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一次插花課後，藝術家高雅婷看著自己親手整理的花逐漸凋零。花瓣掉落、乾枯、縮小，原本熟悉的花朵開始呈現出另一種姿態，也讓她重新思考花期與生命的意義。
過去觀看花朵，人們往往將目光停留在盛開的那一刻；但對藝術家而言，真正有意思的，反而是花開始失去原有形貌之後的狀態。她曾提到：「枯萎不是結束，而是時間把花的一生『摺』進了花瓣的皺褶裡。」
這份對凋零的凝視，成為「時間的摺痕」創作的重要起點。相較於盛放的短暫燦爛，花在逐漸枯萎、乾燥的過程中，留下了時間經過的痕跡，而這些痕跡也成為藝術家觀看生命的一種方式。
在此次展出的紙本作品中，藝術家以油性粉彩、水彩與墨水描繪花朵不同階段的形態。濃郁的色彩、堆疊的筆觸，以及水與墨在紙面上的流動與滲透，讓畫面同樣處於「變化之中」——如同花朵正在經歷的時間。
展覽現場，更有另一件作品從不同角度描繪同一盆花。當觀看的位置改變，同一朵花也似乎呈現出不同的面貌。或許，當我們願意停下來看一朵花凋零，也會開始看見時間留下的痕跡。
圖片說明：高雅婷，， 2024，油性粉彩、紙本，
86 1/4 x 31 1/8 in，219 x 79 cm
「高雅婷：時間的摺痕」
｜地點：台北 路由藝術
｜展期：2026年7月24日至2026年9月26日
