The Sun in the Studio

 

 

"...The Sun in the Studio Series comprises of 24 pieces of works framed in perspex arranged in Iskandar Room of the NMAG2). Showing different aspects of the sun, they are painted in strident psychedelic colors.They are meant to contrast and to act as foil for the other works."

Introduction by Susie Koay, Curator of Art, National Museum, Singapore
Book Works from Time Series, ISBN10: 981-00-2705-2, ISBN: 978-981-00-2705-6, p.12

"Quite a different treatment of color is being encountered in the sub-series entitled The Sun in the Studio. Impressions of the sun under various atmospheric conditions are similarly executed in opaque layers of the red-pink-orange color scheme.The artist indulge in the luminous power of the fluorecent paints give the same impression of aggressive brightness. A pair of free standing paintings, time to meditate4), 1991 and time to think5), 1991, on long horizontal paper mounted in an S-curve and a simple concave-shaped reflect Lin Hsin Hsin's experience of a sunset behind horizon..."

 

"In the Pursuit of Time", Dr Ursula Tokya-Fuong, Art Historian, University of Bonn, Germany
Book Works from Time Series, ISBN10: 981-00-2705-2, ISBN: 978-981-00-2705-6, p.18

 

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