In The Air
24 6 月 2026


In the Air consists of three suspended Damaged Drawings installed above a staircase. Rather than functioning as conventional drawings, the works are created through scraping, carving, and cutting into architectural panels. On their monument-like black surfaces, luminous lines and forms emerge as if sculpted from darkness itself.

Viewed from below, the works present a constellation of floating bodies and hybrid creatures: bird-headed figures, exposed skeletons stripped of flesh, and human forms suspended in states of weightlessness and descent. They evoke both mythical beings of the sky and entities caught in moments of transformation, sacrifice, or instability.

Under ultraviolet light, the engraved lines appear to glow from within, surfacing from darkness like traces of ancient cave paintings or fleeting apparitions. Through these suspended figures, the work seeks to reimagine the enduring human desire for flight, transcendence, and liberation from the physical body from a decentered, more-than-human perspective.

In the Air series
installation view
245 × 123 × 5 cm (×3)
XPS foam board, mortar, mineral coating, fluorescent material, carving
2026
Dunhuang Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai