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Lin Jun Liang: Art from Inside Out

Last Updated on 2022/04/22

LIN JUNLIANG is a modern artist. He was born in Hualien, Taiwan.

He studied at the National Taiwan University of Art, Department of Multimedia and Animation Arts and Shih Chien University Department of Communications Design (BA).

His works including video installations, body art, post-system effects clips, expressionist portraits, and paintings. Lin Jun Liang exams the removal of identity, autonomy, human feelings, and meditation with sensibility and carefulness. He was recognized in 2009, 2012 by the National Taiwan Museum of Youth Collection, and in 2014 for the Taipei Art Award.

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Interview by Dominique Musorrafiti

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This is a selected interview from
Planet China Vol. 05 issue

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China-underground: How and when did you get into art?
你是如何以及何时进入艺术领域的

Liu Jun Liang: During the period of the institute, I entered the art field after being guided by a professor from the UK.
林俊良: 研究所時期,受到英國回來的教授指導後進入藝術領域

Who influenced you as a person and an artist?
谁影响了你作为一个人和艺术家?

Family encouragement.
家人的鼓勵

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What keep you inspired?
什么让你受到启发?

Digital game.
视频游戏

How would you describe your art project? What do you want to tell with your artworks?
你会如何描述你的艺术项目? 你想用你的作品讲述什么?

Gray. It’s about humans’ unexpressed emotions.
灰色 講述人類不擅表達的情緒

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Is there any of your artwork related to a moment that marked a significant change in your life?
您的作品是否与您生活中发生重大变化的时刻有关?

Yes.
是的。

Do you think art could be an instrument in the defense and in the claims of LGBTQ rights?
你认为艺术可以成为辩护和LGBTQ权利主张的工具吗?

Yes, but it can not be reduced only to express bright colors and physical pleasure, we should rather focus our attention on social discrimination and equality from various points of view.
可以,但不能淪為只是表達片面的色彩浮華和肉體歡愉,要著重在社會的歧視與各種規格下的平等。

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Can you share with us any story behind your art project?
您能与我们分享您的艺术项目背后的任何故事吗?

I was born in a comic shop. I grew up reading comics and watching Japanese animation during elementary school. My father used his comic techniques to guide me on how to observe, how to paint, how the human body looks, how to look at it, how to understanding the stories in cartoons and movies, this journey deeply affects my future desire for aesthetics.
我出生在一個漫畫店,小學時期都是閱讀漫畫和看日本動畫長大,父親從小就以他的漫畫技巧指導我如何去觀察,如何去畫畫,人的身體真正的樣子,透視的方法,如何理解卡通和電影裡的故事,這個旅程深深的影響我未來的對於美學的渴望。

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Photos courtesy of Lin Jun Liang

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