Lin Yilin

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

Lin Yilin (Chinese: 林一林; born 1964) is a Chinese performance artist.

Biography[]

Lin was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China in 1964. He completed his undergraduate education at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 1987. Lin's work is typically site-specific and especially crafted for the place of its performance.[1][2]

Lin was a core member and co-founder of the , a Guangzhou-based performance and intervention based artist collective with an interest in urban development.[3] His work from this time aims to address the rapid urbanization and economic growth seen in China during the 1990s. Lin used bricks as a motif and sculptural object to further call out these themes.[4] One of his most notable works from this period is Safely Maneuvering across Linhe Road (1995) in which Lin moved a wall of concrete blocks across a busy street in Guangzhou, interrupting the flow of traffic.[1]

In 2001, Lin moved to New York City. As a result his interest in globalization has expanded beyond China. His practice continues to be centered on performance. His 2018 three-part work Monad, commissioned for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's permanent collection, through VR, allows viewers to inhabit NBA player Jeremy Lin. Lin attributes Jeremy Lin as being a "key figure in representations of race."[5]

Lin now divides his time between New York and Beijing.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Lin Yilin". Guggenheim. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  2. ^ "Lin Yilin 林一林". MOMA. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  3. ^ "LIN Yilin". Times Art Center Berlin. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  4. ^ "Lin Yilin | Go Figure". Asia Society. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  5. ^ "One Hand Clapping: Lin Yilin". Guggenheim. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2019-07-12.

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