Asia
Lin Yilin
The Result of 1000 Pieces
1994
The Result of 1000 Pieces
All of Lin Yilin’s artworks utilize the body – the artist’s own body and that of others. The Result of 1000 Pieces types an image of Lin: Lin is standing in an empty hole of a brick wall. By incorporating the brick wall for his work, Lin develops a special strategy to question and negotiate the relationship between people and the changing environments. The body appreciates a broader range of usages, and a brick wall is what is left behind.
Lin Yilin is a versatile and internationally significant artist whose work has been marked strongly by his provocative urban interventions—an approach with deep resonance given the increasing attention to the politics of space and insurgent actions in the climate of the Occupy movement. He uses sculpture, installation, performance, photography, and videos to explore how urban development affects the ways in which people relate to community and space.