Give Art Some Soil—Let Us Nurture the Seeds of Our Dreams Together
Dream Space: Yon Air HSU Solo Exhibition

Art is a dream infused with the power of love—an energy that creates space for blessings, warmth, and hope to flourish and be shared.

Hui-Lan Hsu began her creative journey at the age of seven, nurturing her practice over the years through painting, calligraphy, classical music, interior design, and culinary arts. Her works reflect a synthesis of experiences: from her travels around the world to the ordinary beauty of daily life, all woven seamlessly into her artistic expression. Using the layered textures of oil paint and the semi-automated techniques of acrylics, her style evokes the spirit of Abstract Expressionism—where shape and color are used to express emotion subjectively, rather than depict the literal. Through the interaction of points, lines, forms, colors, and compositions, she invites viewers into a space of emotion, imagination, and thought.

When creating, Hsu operates from a powerful subconscious state—each stroke a release of emotion: joy, anger, sorrow, or delight. In her Dream Space, spatial depth is deliberately erased. The moon, birds, flowers, cats, plants, and houses all co-exist on a single plane—reflecting the modernist principle of flatness. Colors play across the canvas like a symphony, layered and rich with visual rhythm. Through pigments, Hsu conveys her shifting emotional states, giving life to each painting as a vibrant, independent being. Every subject in her work is a main character, representing the raw, essential nature of people and things.

In her recent explorations, Hsu has developed a technique of mixing pigments in small glass beakers. Using a combination of “drip color” techniques and brushwork, she overlays spontaneous, unstructured colors in a manner that appears wild, bold, and free. Her expressive strokes convey the beauty of speed and movement. The viewer can sense a childlike energy—unrestrained and powerful—emerging from her brush. While the paintings may not initially reveal recognizable forms, their interplay of lines and shapes gradually forms a universe of its own on the canvas.

Chinese modern writer Eileen Chang once wrote: “Perhaps every man has two women in his heart: one is a white rose—bright as moonlight by the bed; the other, a red rose—like a scarlet mole on the chest.” Hui-Lan Hsu hopes her orchids are more than just bright and gentle like moonlight. She envisions them as red roses—quietly radiant, elegant, serene, and unforgettable.

Give art some soil—and may we nurture together the seeds of our dreams and original intentions.

給藝術一些土壤，願你我一起培育心中的種子-「夢想空間」徐慧蘭個展

藝術的夢想承載著愛的空間力量，傳遞生命裡最美好的祝福，分享著滿滿的溫暖及祝福。

綜觀徐慧蘭的創作之路，七歲便開始藝術創作，累積水墨、書法、古典音樂、室內設計、烹飪...多年的底蘊與實戰經驗，將遊歷世界各地的體驗V.S日常所見的風景V.S藝術創作...相互融合在一起。徐慧蘭繪畫藉由油畫的顏料堆疊特性、或是壓克力的半自動性技法，呈現如同「抽象表現主義」般，一種透過形狀和顏色，以主觀方式來表達，不以描繪具象為目標，通過點、線、面、色彩、形體、構圖來傳達各種情緒，激發想像，啟迪人們的思維。

創作時的徐慧蘭，擁有很強烈的淺意識，每一筆都是藝術家在情感上的宣洩，無論喜、怒、哀、樂....把空間感完全抹去，在「夢想空間」中，事物不分遠近，月亮、小鳥、花卉、貓咪、植物、房子....全部都融合在同一個畫面及空間中，也就是現代主義所強調的「平面性」，各種色彩如交響樂演奏般在畫布內部交織、感覺是有層次的，藉由顏料來傳達藝術家當下的情緒變化。在藝術家的創作中，每一幅畫都是有生命的個體，在這些生命體中，每個都是主體，展現人類及事物最原始的本質。

徐慧蘭近期研發出以小型玻璃燒杯調色的方式作畫，透過「滴彩drip」與畫筆的交替，無規律性的比例把多重的色彩交疊在一起，筆觸看似十分粗放、豪邁、自由、奔放，展現與速度共存的力道之美，藝術家把作畫時的動作與速度融入在畫布上，讓觀者感受到一種如孩童般單純無拘束的力與美。一開始看不出什麼具體的形象，只有簡單的線條與圖形交錯延伸，卻能夠在畫布的小宇宙中，漸漸成形。

中國現代女作家張愛玲，有句名言：「也許每個男人心中都有兩個女人，一個是白玫瑰，就像床前明月光；一個是紅玫瑰，是心口上的一顆硃砂痣。」徐慧蘭期許自己筆下的蘭花，不只是明亮、溫暖如同月亮般的存在，更是如同心裡頭的硃砂痣，美麗、優雅、寧靜且安詳，給藝術一些土壤，願你我一起培育心中的夢想與初心。