Heavenly
Timing, Earthly Advantage,
Human
Harmony
天時、地利、人和
(∞無限)
LIN
SHIH PAO
林世寶
Opening
Reception:
June
14th, 2007
(Thursday)
6:00-8:00p.m.
Exhibition
Run from June 14 to June 30 2007
Elga
Wimmer
PCC Gallery
526
West 26th street
,
New York
, NY10001
Gallery
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 12:00 -6:00 p.m. or by
appointment
917/412-2831,
212/206-0006
"I
do not paint for painting's sake, I want my life to become
part of art." --
Lin Shih Pao
Lin
Shih Pao is well-known as the "penny artist." For
his "Penny for Peace," he collected one million
pennies to form a gigantic, three-ton sculpture in 1997. It is
now permanently displayed at Hiroshima University.
Lin
Shih Pao lives and works in New York and Japan. He was born in
Taiwan, studied in Japan, and completed graduate school at New
York University. His work always reflects the most profound
concepts of Asian philosophy, namely a deep sympathy for human
beings and an appreciation of the value of the union of humans
and nature. Sometimes, the paintings juxtapose traditional
Asian brush ink landscapes with contemporary mixed media
constructions, thus creating a post-surreal landscape.
Sometimes, the paintings take as subjects a musical group
placed inside a circular natural scene, or a window open onto
a geometric landscape with a waterfall ink landscape. His
installations are urgently concerned with communication, and
gather thousands of participants to form a huge conceptual
sculpture. Therefore, the participants lend a democratic
character to his work. In 2006, he collected one hundred
thousand pacifiers to form a Christmas tree piece. In 2005, he
was invited to make a piece called "Gate of Peace"
for the world's fair in Tokyo, for which he collected one
million pens. Lin Shih Pao's work has been collected by many
museums and corporations, and shows in many international
museum.
Curator:
Luchia Lee
Howell
General
Information
For
information, please call 212-697-6188 Josiane Lai
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