Lin Tianmiao is a contemporary exile artist from China. She works with everyday objects around the house, and studies the relationship between modernization and traditional pieces. One of her earliest and most well known pieces is Proliferation of Thread Winding (1995). It is made of 20,000 cotton balls tethered around a rice paper bed. Critics call her work feminist since Lin works mostly on themes specific to women, or with common items women tend to use frequently. She has denied this statement. My favorite artwork of Lins are the "All the Same" pieces. She has wrapped various colors of silk around synthetic human bones. This exhibition was released in 2011. She was taught by her mother how to use materials such a hair, cashmere and fine fine silk. Most of her pieces are based out of early memories of her mother in the house. She says "Being a artist is a very personal thing. And often a very lonely thing". Another work of hers I find very intriguing is "Badges"(2012). It represents the words in English and Chinese that women get called. It is made out of embroidery hoops, silk and hair.
If you can see the time that it would take to make the patterns on these bones, it gives you a better idea of how much Lin cares about her work. She wants to make an impact on people, to see it for what it really is. I really enjoy and respect her art and what she stands for.
All the Same, 2011
Badges, 2012
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