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

Biography

Lin was born in

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong ...

, 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. Lin was a core member and co-founder of the

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, a Guangzhou-based performance and intervention based artist collective with an interest in urban development. 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. 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. 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 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue on the corner of East 89th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is the permanent home of a continuously exp ...

's permanent collection, through VR, allows viewers to inhabit NBA player

Jeremy Lin Jeremy Shu-How Lin (born August 23, 1988) is a Taiwanese-American professional basketball player who last played for the Guangzhou Loong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the Ne ...

. Lin attributes Jeremy Lin as being a "key figure in representations of race." Lin now divides his time between New York and Beijing.

References

External links

*https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Lin-Yilin/470859B4E56F9A54 *https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/new-york/articles/the-guggenheim-selects-five-influential-chinese-artists-for-new-commissions/ *http://www.aaa-a.org/programs/lin-yilin-in-conversation-with-gianni-jetzer/ * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Yilin 1964 births Living people Artists from Guangzhou Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts alumni Chinese performance artists Chinese expatriates in the United States