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Richard Lin BIOGRAPHY
1933 - 2011. Known for: Collage, minimalist painting.
"Lin's Legacy". by Robin Peckham. One is Everything: 50 Years of Work by Richard Lin. Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art. 80 Meishuguan Road, Gushan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, China. May 15, 2010 -... Read full biography
"Lin's Legacy". by Robin Peckham. One is Everything: 50 Years of Work by Richard Lin. Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art. 80 Meishuguan Road, Gushan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, China. May 15, 2010 - September 26, 2010. Richard Lin is something of an anomaly in the contemporary art world. Though he,... Read full biography
"Lin's Legacy". by Robin Peckham. One is Everything: 50 Years of Work by Richard Lin. Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art. 80 Meishuguan Road, Gushan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, China. May 15, 2010 - September 26, 2010. Richard Lin is something of an anomaly in the contemporary art world. Though he, like so many others, made his name abroad and returned to Taiwan only after attaining something of a reputation, his work is worlds away from the identity- and mythology-based narratives of... Read full biography
"Lin's Legacy". by Robin Peckham. One is Everything: 50 Years of Work by Richard Lin. Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art. 80 Meishuguan Road, Gushan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, China. May 15, 2010 - September 26, 2010. Richard Lin is something of an anomaly in the contemporary art world. Though he, like so many others, made his name abroad and returned to Taiwan only after attaining something of a reputation, his work is worlds away from the identity- and mythology-based narratives of spectacular illusion that the so-called "China card" artists such as Cai Guo-Qiang to Zhang Huan have let loose into the world. Instead, Lin is the consummate minimalist, even if he can rightly claim ignorance of this term and movement when he began working... Read full biography
"Lin's Legacy". by Robin Peckham. One is Everything: 50 Years of Work by Richard Lin. Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art. 80 Meishuguan Road, Gushan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, China. May 15, 2010 - September 26, 2010. Richard Lin is something of an anomaly in the contemporary art world. Though he, like so many others, made his name abroad and returned to Taiwan only after attaining something of a reputation, his work is worlds away from the identity- and mythology-based narratives of spectacular illusion that the so-called "China card" artists such as Cai Guo-Qiang to Zhang Huan have let loose into the world. Instead, Lin is the consummate minimalist, even if he can rightly claim ignorance of this term and movement when he began working with his trademark monochromatic canvases and geometric aluminum sheets. Born in 1933, in terms of generation Li... Read full biography
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Shouyou Lin, Show-Yu Lin
Biography
"Lin's Legacy"
by Robin Peckham
One is Everything: 50 Years of Work by Richard Lin
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art
80 Meishuguan Road, Gushan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, China
May 15, 2010 - September 26, 2010
Richard Lin is something of an anomaly in the contemporary art world. Though he, like so many others, made his name abroad and returned to Taiwan only after attaining something of a reputation, his work is worlds away from the identity- and mythology-based narratives of spectacular illusion that the so-called "China card" artists such as Cai Guo-Qiang to Zhang Huan have let loose into the world. Instead, Lin is the consummate minimalist, even if he can rightly claim ignorance of this term and m...But wait, there's more...
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