123. MICHAEL LIN


123. MICHAEL LIN
 
Michael Lin
Yunnan Puer Tea
2007
Acrylic on canvas
300 x 200 cm


Michael Lin
New Paradise Cigarettes
2014
Acrylic on canvas
250 x 175 cm


Michael Lin
House
1998
Wallpaper, screenprint
Dimensions variable
BIO & STEPS


Born:  
                  In 1964 in Tokyo, Japan.
Nowadasy:
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium and Shanghai, China.
Studies:

         He graduated from the Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design-Los Angeles in 1990, and obtained a MFA from the Art Center College of Design-Pasadena in the year of 1993


Themes and style: 
         Lin is associated with the generation of artists who are invested in the philosophy of Relational Aesthetics, but he also concerns himself with the regional cultural topography and works in the local vernacular. He started developing a reputation in the late 1990s for his use of vast expanse of bold flowers,[2] a visual motif that is characteristic of the endemic culture of Taiwan. His floral patterns, imitating embroideries that would typically adorn Taiwanese pillows, are inspired by the vicissitudes in the domestic and political climates of Taiwan felt by the artist when he returned to the region after many years abroad. His repetitive and ostensibly simple floralscapes, highly attuned to the Taiwanese visual vocabulary, have, however, proved to be the most politically and culturally resonant portion of his work.

Techniques:      
         His work is developed in paintings and architecture design.



Exhibitions

Lin has exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, MoMA PS1 in New York, Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna, Kuntsmuseum in Lucern, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
See more at:
http://www.ateliermichaellin.com/#biography




In his own words:

"My work relates more to architecture than painting.There's a certain distance between a viewer and a painting on the wall, whereas I like having people «in» my work.”


Representative Galleries:

Leo XU
Saatchi
Eslite


For more Information:
http://www.ateliermichaellin.com/
http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/michael_lin.htm?section_name=postpop