Wrinkles are not merely a physical form of matter but can also be extended to wrinkles in time, memory, and emotion. These fragments of life, folded within a flat plane and only visible through the cracks, are precisely the threads that Zhou Xinyu has been constantly exploring in her creations. Her works focus on how those ambiguous, fragile, and easily overlooked things can be seen and extended in painting.From her early digital tablet paintings and 2D animations to her later exploration of mixed media, Zhou Xinyu’s artistic practice has gradually shifted from direct observation to a pursuit of the sentiment of “fragility and oblivion”. She acutely captures those often-neglected moments – torn paper, crumpled and then unfolded textures, faded imprints, and blurred, fleeting images – and magnifies them into objects that can be stared at, and even smelled and touched. 

This solo exhibition, “Wrinkle at Dusk”,  will continuously extend her previous works to form the present scene we can see. Here, those hazy memories will become clear. The viewers will feel as if they have entered an unfinished realm like dusk: the raindrops have not yet fallen, the air contains an unclear atmosphere, and the light penetrates between the soft gauze and the creases of the paper. Here, there is both an exploration of the wrinkles formed in the flow of time and a presentation of the ambiguous state between oblivion and memory.In this exhibition, the answers hidden in the wrinkles at dusk are not crucial. Wrinkles are both traces and veils; they are fragmented and hardly noticeable, yet can also be verified and extended. They allow the audience to rediscover their own feelings and memories in the ambiguity and uncertainty. Zhou Xinyu’s paintings do not tell a story but rather let a moment lead to eternity.