... there is an abundance of the artist's personal symbols and dream images,
and evidence of her innate sense of humour....in these paintings a greater
strength of composition and a richness of colour.
Constance Sheares, Art Historian, Singapore
July 1989
...Lin's work is of Eastern elegance...Her poems, as well as her paintings
feature a primary natural experience.
I Dik, Ad Valvas, Cultur, Amsterdam
October 27, 1989
... an almost overwhelming ability to assimulate, as in the case of Lin Hsin
Hsin, strikes one's eye..., as a characteristic of quality, mind you.
K U Reinke, Handelsblatt, Germany
March 8, 1990
Call her a computer consultant, for that's Lin Hsin Hsin's job. Then again,
call her an artist, for she has held eight solo shows and joined in 100-plus
exhibitions the world over. But call her a poet too, bacause she writes verse
well enough to have won a U.S. prize.
J Pang, ASIAWEEK
June 15, 1990
...the artist Lin Hsin Hsin creates here the longest lasting impression with
her highly cultivated, sensitive, small works.
C Heybrock, Mannheimer Morgan, Germany
July 16, 1990
Lin Hsin Hsin's paintings are both lyrical and sophisticated... Her poetic
compositions provide an escape from the urban jungle yet reaffirms the basic
inherent values of the society, minus the hard edge. Immaculately executed,
they are inspired by day-to-day experiences and are characterized by a
repetoire of personal idioms and symbols scattered over tonal compositions
over subtle modulations.
Susie Koay, Curator of Art, National Museum
August 1990
... the sparingly use of brushstrokes, the poetic transparency-oil
water-colour-liked paintings of the artist and poet Lin Hsin Hsin caught the
interest of the Hamburg Museum...
Dr Vita von Wedel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany
December 15, 1990
For Lin, narrative is a mode by which relationships and positions are ordered
and shaped; her ideology is constructed out of experience....she gives
promience to the medium; in viewing her pictures we are continually
reminded of the process of making, of the material and conceptual constructs
of painting as art.
T K Sabapathy, Art Historian, National University of Singapore
August 1992
The embedded essentials like a keen sense of humour, cheeky irony and sheer
playfulness play an important role when appreciating Lin's art; the visual and
verbal imageries are, quite often, inseparable.
Dr Ursula Tokya-Fuong, Art Historian, Bonn University, Germany
August 1992
Lin Hsin Hsin's passionate involvement in many disciplines has given her
fresh insights into creative process in visual art. She crisscrosses with
apparent ease from science to music, from writing to painting. This
uncommon versatility has generated a free flow of provocative ideas and
concepts for her art.
Choy Weng Yang, Curator
October 1993