Oliver Lin / Lin Chin-lin (林勤霖), (1947) - 92-011

Oliver Lin (林勤霖) – “92-011”, 1992

Original abstract painting by the Taiwanese artist Oliver Lin (Lin Chin-lin, 林勤霖), born 1947, from 1992.

THE WORK
“92-011” was created in 1992 during a characteristic phase of Oliver Lin’s abstract work. In this year the artist presented his group of works “Poetic of Time” (時光的詩趣) in several exhibitions, including at the Palais Liechtenstein in Vienna.

The composition develops from a dark, strongly structured lower image area with black, gray, earth, and red tones to an increasingly light and almost hovering upper image zone. The combination of robust material structures with restrained, transparently appearing color transitions gives the painting a pronounced spatial depth.
The interplay of structure, light and abstract space is typical of Oliver Lin’s engagement with time, change, and the visible traces of the painting process.

TECHNIQUE AND MATERIAL
Mixed media on canvas, on wooden stretcher. For Oliver Lin’s works from this creative period, an elaborate multi-layered working method is documented. He worked, among other things, with sprayed and applied color materials as well as with a palette knife and other techniques, through which color layers were built up, worked, and partly removed again.
Since there is no material analysis available for this specific work, the technique is deliberately described here in general terms as mixed media on canvas.

WORK DATA
Artist: Oliver Lin / Lin Chin-lin (林勤霖)
Born: 1947, Taiwan
Work designation: 92-011
Year: 1992
Technique: Mixed media on canvas
Execution: Original, unique
Dimensions: approx. 107 × 77 × 10 cm
Mounting: Canvas on wooden stretcher
Frame: no additional frame

SIGNATURE AND WORK TITLE
The work is signed in the center/lower part of the image. Another signature is on the back together with the clearly legible work designation “92-011.”
The form of the numbering is also found in other documented works by Oliver Lin. For example, the 1988 work “88-11” is in the collection of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts.

EXHIBITION AND PROVENANCE
The offered painting was presented in 1992 as part of an exhibition of Oliver Lin at the Palais Liechtenstein in Vienna. The work was purchased directly by the current owner in connection with this exhibition and has remained in private ownership ever since.
A particularly noteworthy aspect is the well-documented provenance. Several original photographs of the exhibition and the opening in 1992 are preserved.
In these historical images, the painting offered here is clearly visible in its then-hanging in the Palais Liechtenstein, together with other works by Oliver Lin.
Thus, the concrete work can be directly linked to its presentation in the Vienna exhibition of 1992.

DOCUMENTATION
Available for the work are:
- historical original photographs of the 1992 exhibition and opening at the Palais Liechtenstein in Vienna
- photographs showing the offered work unmistakably in the then exhibition
- signature on the front
- back signature and work designation “92-11”
- documented Oliver Lin exhibition 1992 at the Palais Liechtenstein

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver Lin, also Lin Chin-lin (林勤霖), born 1947 in Taiwan, is a Taiwanese abstract artist. His exhibition activity includes, besides Taiwan, international stops in Europe, including Germany and Austria.
In 1992 his group of works “Poetic of Time” was presented, among other venues, at the Palais Liechtenstein in Vienna.
The artist’s works are also found in public museum collections. For example, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts holds his 1988 painting “88-11,” oil on canvas, 130 × 79.5 cm, in its collection. The similar numeric designation is particularly interesting in connection with the work offered here, “92-11.”

CONDITION
Good age-related condition. The painting has been in private ownership since it was acquired in 1992. The current condition is well documented in the photographs.

SHIPPING
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