Permanent Collection
Michael LIN
Expanding across the floor of this rest area like a carpet is a painted mix of vibrant floral designs. Lin’s patchwork-like piece is inspired by the traditional Towada craft of Nambu weaving, in which old fabrics are torn up and woven together to be reused. Lin sees art not as some rarified act but part of everyday life, and has produced here a work befitting a space where people mix and weave new connections.
Photo: Oyamada Kuniya
Michael LIN
Born 1964 in Tokyo Japan; lives and works in Brussels (Belgium), Shanghai (China), and Taipei (Taiwan). Graduated from ArtCenter College of Design (California, US). Lin turns away from painting as an object of contemplation toward painting as a bounded, physical space, one we can settle into and inhabit. He orchestrates monumental painting installations that re-conceptualize and reconfigure public spaces. Using patterns and designs appropriated from traditional Taiwanese textiles, his works have been exhibited at major institutions including Palais de Tokyo (Paris, France, 2003), and were featured in a solo exhibition at Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (US, 2004).
2008
Acrylic paint
893×1314 cm
Interview with Michael Lin（ PDF ）
Interviewer: Chieko Nakagawa (Towada Art Center)
January 31, 2024
