In the Woods, Might Be Late

In the exhibition In the Woods, Might Be Late, artist Meng Du reflects on how the life of her garden has quietly reshaped her perception. Presented at Fou Gallery in New York and curated by Sharon Xiaorong Liu (December 6, 2025–February 22, 2026), the exhibition borrows its title from Peter Handke’s documentary to propose a slower and more humble mode of coexistence with botanical life. Through the light, transparency, and fragility of glass, Du gives form to her way of seeing plants, an imperfect imagination that can never fully grasp their alterity, yet one she refuses to abandon. She tends without denying control, imagines without claiming understanding, working slowly through trimming, tending, casting, and shaping.

The press release is based on the curatorial essay by Sharon Xiaorong Liu, edited by Iris Zhang.