MICHAEL LIN: A MODEST VEIL
January 23 to May 2, 2010
Michael Lin
Georgia Street Plaza 23.01 - 02.05.10, 2010 paint on metal Photo: Trevor Mills and Rachel Topham 
Michael Lin
Georgia Street Plaza 23.01-02.05.10 [detail], 2010 [production image] paint on aluminum panels Photo: Rachel Topham |
Michael Lin is highly regarded for his monumental painted installations that reconfigure
and redesign public spaces. Using patterns based on traditional Taiwanese textiles, his work has
been integrated into museum cafés, lobbies, galleries and façades in many countries, dynamically
transforming their architecture and the the way they are perceived by the public. For his solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Michael Lin has created an enormous hand-painted mural that will cover the Gallery’s Georgia Street façade, bringing his artwork outside the traditional confines of the Gallery space. Expanding on his interest in veiling the institution, he has also conceived a book-wrapping project for the Gallery Store, which will cover Gallery publications in a wrapping paper of his own design. Raised in Taiwan, Lin lives between Brussels, Shanghai and Taipei. His work reflects the influence of these diverse sites of cultural production and his movement between them Michael Lin: A Modest Veil is organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and presented with Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad and the City of Vancouver's Public Art Program. The exhibition is sponsored by Omega and supported by the Council for Cultural Affairs (Chinese Taipei) in collaboration with the Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York. Curated by Bruce Grenville, senior curator, with Emmy Lee, assistant curator PRESENTED WITH:
  SPONSOR:
 ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM:
The Council for Cultural Affairs (Chinese Taipei) in collaboration with the Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York |