最新消息｜《在美因河畔》將於駐法蘭克福辦事處展出
繼2026年8月於 NIO House Frankfurt 展出之後，江心靜《Along the Main｜在美因河畔》系列將展開下一段旅程。
在德國 Hiraya Gallery Germany 畫廊主人 Ulrich Dausien 與駐法蘭克福辦事處處長羅美舜的交流與促成下，作品將於 2026年10月28日至2027年1月 延續於駐法蘭克福辦事處展出。
從四月沿著美因河的一次旅行，到回到台灣後完成創作，再從台灣回到法蘭克福，《在美因河畔》的旅程仍在繼續。
當繪畫成為一首歌｜程宜宜 Rachel 為《在美因河畔》作曲
在代表處展覽籌備期間，收到了一份格外珍貴的禮物。
旅居德國的音樂家程宜宜 Rachel ，受到〈在美因河畔〉系列作品啟發，特地作詞作曲，用吉他伴奏，親自用德文演唱。
她擅長吉他彈唱與民謠音樂，曾研習北德歌謠與德國民謠，結合台灣與德國民謠的演出，曾獲德國《漢堡晚報》（Hamburger Abendblatt）專訪。
打開Youtube， 音樂家站在有樹影隱約浮動的米白色窗簾前，自彈自唱。聽到古典吉他圓潤豐富的音色流洩出來， Rachel 細膩厚實的嗓音演唱深得德國民謠精髓的歌曲，大飽耳福，如老饕品嚐米其林三星主廚的私房料理，每一口都是極致的享受。
演唱畫面巧妙依歌詞帶入〈在美因河畔〉七件小品。
Rachel 用德語溫柔彈唱：
「啊，美麗的美因河，永恆的美因河，不問起點何方，只管細細流淌。將遠近相惜相連，讓新舊過往交織。在深邃的旅程中，守候著最初的信仰。漫步美因河畔，沐浴金色流光。天光水與水色交融，神聖而安詳。河流帶著人穿越時空的長廊，訴說著城市自然與永恆的篇章⋯⋯」
隨著歌聲和畫作，漫步美因河畔的記憶一幕幕回到眼前——沿著河岸散步與慢跑的人們、站在橋上眺望河面的片刻，以及划船者穿過水面的身影。
美因河不只是風景主題，而是一條穿越城市的感知線索，使街道、樹影、空氣與行走中的身體，在水流之間形成共同的節奏。
靈光一閃，將水墨紙本裱貼於亞麻畫布之上，讓水墨特有的暈染、滲透與空靈感，與青金石礦物顏料的深邃藍色相互交融。紙本與畫布、墨韻與礦物彩之間的層層疊合，使作品呈現出城市空氣與水氣彼此滲透的流動感，將東方水墨的感知方式轉化為當代繪畫中的空間經驗。
寫作二十年，筆耕是一個人的武林，踽踽獨行，音樂，是最忠實的陪伴。藝術十二年，當然少不了音樂，墨彩交融的肌理，恣意揮灑的松針筆筆觸，音樂的律動從身體進入畫中。
《在美因河畔》從藝術家對這座城市與河流的感受中慢慢形成。Rachel 讓畫作從視覺進入聲音，以吉他與德文歌聲，重新詮釋她所感受到的美因河。
繪畫、音樂、城市與不同人的記憶，因此產生了新的連結。
感謝 Rachel 為作品投入如此深厚的心意。這不只是一首為畫作而寫的歌曲，更是一份跨越語言的珍貴回應，讓《在美因河畔》的旅程多了一種新的聲音與生命。
聆聽程宜宜 Rachel 為《在美因河畔》作詞、作曲並演唱的德文歌曲｜Watch & Listen
以下，回到這段故事最初的起點——
從一次偶然的相遇，到2026年春天的美因河之行，以及作品如何從台灣再次回到法蘭克福。
Along the Main, Frankfurt
從美因河畔的一次旅行，到作品重新回到它萌生的城市。一段由旅行、創作與人的相遇所串起的故事，也正慢慢延伸至台灣與德國之間。
2026年8月，江心靜的作品在德國法蘭克福展出，由 Hiraya Gallery Germany 畫廊主人 Ulrich Dausien 策劃，於 NIO House Frankfurt 呈現。
河流沒有真正的起點，也不急著抵達終點。
它穿過城市，穿過時間，也穿過一次次偶然的相遇，把原本遙遠的人與地方，慢慢連在一起。
對我而言，2026年的美因河，就是這樣的一條河。
從一次偶然的相遇開始
我與 Ulrich 的相識，其實始於一場很偶然的相遇。
2023年11月，我們因班機延誤，在桃園機場的閱讀空間認識。從旅行、單車聊到彼此共同認識的朋友，才發現原來我們的人生早已有許多意外的交集。
2026年初，Ulrich 與 Donna 再次來到台灣，我們在台北重逢，他們也特別到台中觀看我的作品並拜訪抱雲齋。
藝術，慢慢成為我們新的共同語言。
臨別前，他們邀請我們四月前往德國。
有些相遇，當下看來只是一個偶然；要經過時間，才會知道它最後將流向哪裡。
從美因河回到畫布
2026年4月，我和小樹來到德國。
在 Ulrich 與 Donna 陪同下，我們走訪法蘭克福與哈瑙，也一起參觀德國的藝術展覽與藝博會。
那段時間，我們經常沿著美因河行走。
河流穿過法蘭克福，一邊是現代城市的高樓與街道，另一邊是美術館、老城、樹木與河岸生活。
水面映照天空，也承接著城市不斷移動的光影。
旅行結束回到台灣後，那些沿河行走留下的色彩、空氣、光線與身體記憶，慢慢重新出現在畫面裡，成為〈海洋心象〉系列新的篇章——
《Along the Main｜在美因河畔》
這些作品並不是對法蘭克福風景的直接描繪。
美因河更像一條線，把水、街道、樹影、城市空氣，以及人的移動連結在一起。
墨、色彩與細微的線條彼此層疊，讓城市與自然在畫面之中慢慢交融。
而河，也逐漸成為時間的隱喻。
有些旅行已經結束，卻會在很久以後，以另一種形式重新回到我們身上。
Hiraya Gallery Germany 為江心靜製作的展覽資料，介紹藝術家及《Along the Main｜在美因河畔》系列。
《Along the Main｜在美因河畔》系列部分作品，2026。
四月的一場拜訪
同一次德國旅程中，我與存青也在 Ulrich 與 Donna 陪同下，拜訪駐法蘭克福辦事處羅美舜處長。
我們分享我的藝術創作，也談起這些年從台灣出發，在不同城市展覽與旅行的經驗，以及我們一直希望透過藝術，讓台灣與歐洲之間產生更多交流與連結的想法。
那一天，只是一場很真誠而愉快的交流。
當時我們並不知道，幾個月之後，這次相聚還會延伸出新的可能。
2026年4月，藝術家江心靜（中立者）和林存青（左二）在 Hiraya Gallery Germany 畫廊主人 Ulrich Dausien （左一）與 Donna （右一）陪同下，拜訪駐法蘭克福辦事處羅美舜處長。（右二）
八月，作品回到法蘭克福
2026年8月，《在美因河畔》重新回到它最初萌生靈感的城市。
由 Ulrich Dausien 策劃，作品於 NIO House Frankfurt 展出。
從四月的一次旅行，到回到台灣之後的創作；再從台灣跨越一萬公里，重新回到法蘭克福——
當作品真正出現在德國的空間裡時，對我而言，彷彿完成了一次很奇妙的往返。
旅行曾經進入畫裡，而畫，又回到了旅行發生的地方。
NIO House 是一個結合設計、生活、交流與展覽的城市空間。
作品離開熟悉的工作室與台灣文化環境，在另一座城市的日常生活裡與觀眾相遇。
我一直覺得，藝術真正有趣的地方，往往發生在作品離開藝術家之後。
不同文化背景的人站在同一幅作品之前，看見的也許完全不同。
而正是這些不同，使作品開始擁有自己的旅程。
在作品前，相遇繼續發生
展覽最後一天，Ulrich 在現場舉辦了一場藝術聚會。
不同背景的朋友聚集在作品之間觀看、交談，也分享各自對藝術的感受。
駐法蘭克福辦事處馮治鈞秘書也特別前往參與交流。
雖然我們當時人在台灣，無法親自出席，但收到遠方傳來的照片時，仍然感受到作品正在人與人之間產生新的連結。
展覽最後一天的藝術聚會，來自不同背景的觀眾在作品之間交流。
展覽閉幕典禮，Hiraya Gallery Germany 畫廊主人 Ulrich Dausien （右）向駐法蘭克福辦事處馮治鈞秘書（左）介紹江心靜的作品。
一路走來，我愈來愈深刻地感受到：
一位藝術家想要走出自己的國家，在另一種文化裡被看見、被理解，進而建立長久而真誠的交流，需要時間。
需要一場場展覽，一次次談話，也需要許多人的支持。
下一站｜駐法蘭克福辦事處
更令人欣喜的是，八月的展覽結束之後，這段旅程並沒有畫下句點。
在羅美舜處長與駐法蘭克福辦事處的支持下，部分作品將延續至駐法蘭克福辦事處展出，展期從2026年10月28日至2027年1月。
從法蘭克福城市中的展覽空間，再進入一個連結台灣、德國以及不同國家訪客的公共場域，這不只是展覽地點的轉換，也像是作品展開另一段新的文化旅程。
希望未來走進辦事處的德國朋友、台灣旅人，以及來自不同國家的訪客，都有機會透過作品，看見來自台灣的當代藝術創作。
藝術也許無法立刻跨越所有語言與文化的距離。
但它可以先創造一個觀看彼此的入口。
而這，已經是一件非常珍貴的事。
一條河，繼續向前
回頭看《Along the Main｜在美因河畔》的旅程，我們愈來愈感受到，藝術的交流往往不是事先規劃好的直線，而更像一條河，在流動之中不斷遇見新的風景與新的可能。
2026年春天，藝術家來到美因河。河流成為記憶，記憶成為畫作；畫作從台灣回到法蘭克福，從 NIO House 走向駐法蘭克福辦事處；如今，又因為程宜宜 Rachel 的作詞、作曲與演唱，從畫面化為旋律與歌聲。
每一次相遇，都讓作品多了一層新的生命。
我們特別感謝一路上促成這些相遇的朋友——德國畫廊主人 Ulrich Dausien、駐法蘭克福辦事處羅美舜處長與團隊，以及以音樂回應作品的程宜宜 Rachel。也謝謝所有曾經在法蘭克福停下腳步觀看這些作品的人。
藝術有時從一個非常個人的感受開始，但當作品離開藝術家的手，它便可能進入另一個人的生命與記憶，甚至轉化成另一種藝術形式。
從美因河到畫布，從畫布到歌聲。
美因河仍然流著，而現在，這段旅程也有了自己的旋律。
《Along the Main｜在美因河畔》的故事，仍在繼續。
Along the Main | From the Main River to Painting, From Painting to Song
From a journey along the Main River to the return of the works to the city where they first took shape, a story woven through travel, art, and human encounters continues to unfold between Taiwan and Germany.
Latest Update | Along the Main Continues at the Taipei Representative Office in Frankfurt
Following its presentation at NIO House Frankfurt in August 2026, Chiang Hsin-Ching’s Along the Main series will continue its journey in Frankfurt.
Through the support and coordination of Ulrich Dausien, founder of Hiraya Gallery Germany, and the Taipei Representative Office in Frankfurt, selected works from the series will be presented at the Representative Office from October 28, 2026 through January 2027.
From a journey along the Main River in April, to the creation of the works in Taiwan, and then their return to Frankfurt, the journey of Along the Main continues to unfold.
When Painting Becomes a Song | Rachel Cheng Composes for Along the Main
While preparations for the exhibition at the Representative Office were underway, we received an especially meaningful gift.
Inspired by Chiang Hsin-Ching’s Along the Main series, Rachel Cheng (Cheng Yi-Yi) wrote the lyrics and music for a song inspired by the paintings, accompanying herself on guitar and performing it in German.
Rachel has spent more than 18 years living abroad with her husband, Lo Mei-shun, a Taiwanese diplomat, with much of that time in Europe. A guitarist and folk singer, she has studied traditional North German and German folk songs . Her performances bringing together Taiwanese and German folk music have also been featured in the German newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt.
Hearing Rachel’s voice and guitar for the first time was deeply moving.
As the song began, memories of our first visit to Frankfurt this April and our walks along the Main River returned—the people walking and running along the riverbanks, quiet moments looking across the water from the bridges, and rowers moving across the river.
Along the Main grew from the artist’s impressions of this city and its river. Now, Rachel has carried the paintings from the visual into the musical, reinterpreting the Main River through words, melody, guitar, and a song performed in German.
From the Main River to the paintings, and from the paintings into a song.
Painting, music, the city, and personal memories are now connected in a new way.
We are deeply grateful to Rachel for the thought and care she has devoted to the works. For us, this is more than a song inspired by paintings—it is a precious response across languages and artistic forms, giving Along the Main another voice and a new dimension of life.
Listen to the German song written, composed and performed by Rachel Cheng for Along the Main | Watch & Listen
Below, the story returns to where it all began—from an unexpected encounter to the journey along the Main River in the spring of 2026, and how the works created in Taiwan eventually found their way back to Frankfurt.
In August 2026, my works were presented in Frankfurt, Germany, in an exhibition curated by Ulrich Dausien of Hiraya Gallery Germany at NIO House Frankfurt.
A river has no single beginning, nor does it hurry toward its destination.
It moves through cities and through time, passing through unexpected encounters and gradually connecting people and places that once seemed far apart.
For me, the Main River in 2026 became just such a river.
An Unexpected Encounter
My friendship with Ulrich began quite by chance.
In November 2023, during a flight delay at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, we met in a quiet reading area near the departure gate. A conversation that began with travel and cycling soon revealed several unexpected connections through people we both knew.
In early 2026, Ulrich and Donna returned to Taiwan. We met again in Taipei, and they later travelled to Taichung to see my works on exhibition and visit Bao Yun Zhai Art Space, where they had the opportunity to see more of my practice.
Art gradually became a new language between us.
Before leaving Taiwan, they invited us to visit them in Germany that April.
Some encounters seem entirely accidental when they first happen. Only with time do we begin to understand where they may lead.
From the Main River Back to the Canvas
In April 2026, I travelled to Germany with Vicky
Accompanied by Ulrich and Donna, we spent time in Frankfurt and Hanau and visited exhibitions and art fairs in Germany.
During those days, we often walked along the Main River.
The river passes through Frankfurt between the contemporary skyline and the museums, old streets, trees, and everyday life along its banks. Its surface reflects the sky while carrying the constantly shifting light of the city.
After returning to Taiwan, the colours, air, light, and bodily memories of those walks gradually found their way back into my work.
They became a new development within my Ocean in My Heart series:
Along the Main
These works are not direct depictions of Frankfurt or the Main River.
Instead, the river becomes a thread connecting water, streets, tree shadows, urban air, and the movement of the body.
Through layered ink, colour, and fine lines, the city and nature begin to merge quietly within the pictorial space.
The river also becomes a metaphor for time.
A journey may have ended, yet much later, certain moments return to us in another form.
Suggested image: Exhibition DM1
Exhibition material produced by Hiraya Gallery Germany introducing Chiang Hsin-Ching and the Along the Main series.
Suggested image: Exhibition DM2
Selected works from the Along the Main series, 2026.
A Visit in April
During the same journey, Xiao Shu and I were also accompanied by Ulrich and Donna on a visit to Director-General Lo Mei-shun of the Frankfurt Office, Taipei Representative Office in the Federal Republic of Germany.
We shared my artistic practice and spoke about the exhibitions and journeys that have taken my work from Taiwan to different cities over the years.
We also spoke about a hope we have long held: that art might create more opportunities for exchange and connection between Taiwan and Europe.
At the time, it was simply a warm and sincere conversation.
None of us knew that only a few months later, that meeting would open another possibility.
April 2026. Visiting Director-General Lo Mei-shun at the Frankfurt Office with Ulrich Dausien and Donna of Hiraya Gallery Germany.
August: The Works Return to Frankfurt
In August 2026, Along the Main returned to the city where the series had first begun to take shape.
Curated by Ulrich Dausien, the works were presented at NIO House Frankfurt.
From a journey along the Main River in April, to the process of painting after returning to Taiwan, and then across thousands of kilometres back to Frankfurt, the works completed an unexpected journey of their own.
The journey entered the paintings, and the paintings returned to the place where the journey had begun.
NIO House is a contemporary urban space where design, daily life, exchange, and exhibitions come together.
Here, the works left the familiar surroundings of my studio and their Taiwanese cultural context to encounter viewers within the everyday life of another city.
I have always felt that some of the most interesting moments in art begin after a work leaves the artist.
People from different cultural backgrounds may stand before the same painting and see entirely different things.
It is precisely through these differences that a work begins to develop a life and a journey of its own.
August 2026. Works by Chiang Hsin-Ching on view at NIO House Frankfurt.
Encounters Continue in Front of the Works
On the final day of the exhibition, Ulrich hosted an informal art gathering at the venue.
Visitors from different backgrounds came together among the works to look, talk, and exchange their thoughts about art.
Secretary Feng from the Frankfurt Office also kindly attended the gathering and joined the conversation.
Although we were in Taiwan and unable to be there in person, receiving photographs from Frankfurt allowed us to sense how the works were beginning to create connections of their own.
An art gathering on the final day of the exhibition at NIO House Frankfurt.
At the closing-day art gathering, Ulrich Dausien of Hiraya Gallery Germany introduces Chiang Hsin-Ching’s work to Secretary Mr. Feng, Chih-Chun, of the Frankfurt Office.
Over the years, I have come to understand more deeply that for an artist to move beyond their own country, to be seen and understood within another culture, and eventually to build lasting and sincere relationships takes time.
It takes exhibitions.
It takes conversations.
And it takes the trust and support of many people along the way.
Next Stop | The Frankfurt Office
What makes this journey even more meaningful is that it does not end with the August exhibition.
With the support of Director-General Lo and the Frankfurt Office, selected works will continue to be exhibited at the Frankfurt Office of the Taipei Representative Office in Germany.
Moving from an urban exhibition space in Frankfurt into a public setting that connects Taiwan, Germany, and visitors from many different countries is, for me, more than a change of venue.
It marks the beginning of another cultural journey for the works.
I hope that German friends, Taiwanese visitors, and people from different parts of the world who enter the Frankfurt Office will have an opportunity to encounter contemporary art from Taiwan.
Art may not immediately bridge every distance created by language or culture.
But it can create a place from which we begin to look at one another.
And that, in itself, is something very precious.
A River Continues Forward
Looking back on the journey of Along the Main, we have come to realize that artistic exchange rarely follows a path that can be planned in advance. It is more like a river—constantly flowing, encountering new landscapes and opening unexpected possibilities along the way.
In the spring of 2026, the artist came to the Main River. The river became a memory, and the memory became paintings. The paintings then traveled from Taiwan back to Frankfurt, from NIO House to the Taipei Representative Office in Frankfurt. Now, through the lyrics, music, and performance of Rachel Cheng, the paintings have found another form—as melody and song.
Each encounter has given the works another layer of life.
We are deeply grateful to all those who have made these encounters possible—Ulrich Dausien of Hiraya Gallery Germany, Director-General Lo Mei-shun and the team at the Taipei Representative Office in Frankfurt, and Rachel Cheng, who responded to the paintings through music. We also thank everyone who has paused to spend time with these works in Frankfurt.
Art sometimes begins with a deeply personal experience. But once a work leaves the artist’s hands, it can enter someone else’s life and memory—and sometimes even inspire another form of art.
From the Main River to painting, from painting to song.
The Main River continues to flow, and now this journey has found a melody of its own.
The story of Along the Main continues.