Lin Shih Pao 林世寶
Symphony of Life and Nature Ⅱ 2014
mixed-media (ink, rice paper, Metals)
26x26 inches
Symphony of Life and Nature Ⅲ 2014
mixed-Media (ink, Rice paper, watercolor, metals)
26x26 inches
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. Lin’s 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. 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’s work has been collected by many museums, corporations, and exhibited in many international museums.
Lin Shih Pao's work 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. His paintings often juxtapose traditional Asian brush ink landscapes with contemporary mixed media constructions, resulting in "post-surreal" landscapes. His installation work is concerned with the urgency of human communication and attempts to provoke his audience to lend a democratic character to his work.
Lin Shih Pao was born in Taiwan and currently lives and works in New York and Japan. He studied in Japan and then attended graduate school at New York University. He is widely known as the "Penny Artist" after his Penny for Peace(1997) project, in which he collected one million pennies to form a gigantic, three-ton sculpture, which is now permanently displayed at Hiroshima University. He has participated in group exhibitions at the 2005 Expo in Japan as well as the Museum of Modern Art in Saitama, Japan. His most recent solo show was held at the Fukuoka City Art Museum.
林世寶將天「圓」地「方」理念融入於創作之中，在天地人之間，人與天地和，得天時、取地利、貴人和即為圓。「圓」是一個夢， 象徵圓滿，更包含著宇宙萬物，加上信念，使人在內心呈現安定與安全感，「圓」走向無限境界的前頭。 天， 象徵宇宙萬物及自然的變化 ; 地, 提供世界人們聚集場域, 人，以和為貴， 人間的友情與愛在過去、現在、未來交織提供一個超越的時空，這是天、地、人的共存關係，如同宇宙間月亮、太陽、地球的自然運作。不論任何背景的人們都平等的享受這一自然提供的美景，這就是一種圓滿，是一種沒有方向的發展理想方向。林世寶以一分錢稱傳奇, 1962年生於台灣嘉義, 23歲負笈日本, 隔年(1987) 年即得到日法美術獎, 每年的展出都獲得極高的評價,1993年離開日本生活,再到紐約追尋新的出發點, 進行另一段創作過程。
林世寶作品中經常呈現某種回憶或是一種憧憬與期待,有短暫與永恆的交錯感◦林世寶的繪畫作品擅長變幻性格主體, 以突顯一種絕對不相同的造型,與不同時空感,這一種略帶超現實的魔幻性作品, 具有相當濃郁的欣賞趣味性。 林世寶的創作使用大量的圓形, 將各種方形的框堆砌在圓形的畫板上, 或是將金色的圓畫板交疊在氤氳的方形水墨屏風上, 金色的畫面上開扇小窗,奏出交響曲或是獨奏的畫面, 訴說生命過程, 作品有著現代事物造型的陳訴與流動的金彩及墨色滴流,是一種心情, 以及一種片段, 在方圓間沒有開始也沒有結束◦他認為人生是片段的組合過程, 等同於藝術創作的點線面組合。◦ 林世寶是一位腦袋充滿突發奇想的創作者, 也有東方人文深厚素養及悲天憫人的情懷, 他的作品有生活痕跡, 有著對某些事情以及心情的收集,以及心靈的集結,這一種集結在某些由林世寶所發起的事件上可見,如1994年收集十萬個酒瓶蓋作出的藝術之島家具作品,1997集結一百萬個一分錢創作的巨型和平雕塑,這一些數萬人參與的事件最終是造成一件藝術品的完成,一分錢為的是集眾人的一個心,這一個心願是來自於一般人不屑一顧的一分銅板,也是眾人在許願池擲出的願力,作品現在在日本廣島大學長期陳列,2004的「穿衣吃飯」作品,他收集了一千件牛仔褲在紐約皇后美術館裝置展出,2005年9月應邀參加世界博覽會,收集了三十萬隻不同形式的筆裝置成「智慧之門」的巨作,2006年底收集了二十萬個奶嘴,作成聖誕樹取名「愛之樹」象徵飲水思源之意。 「有朝一日,我不是為畫而畫,而是畫成為我生命的一部分。」