Description
‘The Party of Last Night’ by Alice Lin
Artist: Alice Lin
Title: ‘The Party of Last Night’
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Dimensions: 43” x 31.5”
Framing: Framed
Year of Creation: 2017
About the Drawing:
“In ‘The Party of Last Night’ I want to show a connection of the past and the present. In my experience I have spent a lot of time learning Chinese traditional art. When I was a teen, the first time I visited the National Art Museum in Beijing, I was amazed to find what a strong foundation our past gives us. It’s just like the big fabulous party of last night that we can still be proud of. ‘The party of last night’ was inspired by the painting ‘Shylon Stone’ (祥龙石图) by Song dynasty Emperor Zhaoji (1082-1153. A.D.). In the modern world, we are really refined and developed in that way, it’s our bedrock and is absolutely solid. The Rabbit is a metaphor for the Present; these days with the world’s increasing globalization and multicultrualism, it makes us superior to the past, whilst there’s always the concern about whether the future will be better or worse.” – Alice Lin
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Alice Lin, AKA XU LINLIN, lives in Beijing, she is a freelance artist as well as painter and 3D Art Director with a passion for new Chinese meticulous painting and 3D projection art. She first fell in love with the technique when she was a child, inspired by Chinese tradition techniques and Surrealism. Alice’s style is rich and full of details, harmonizes apparently discordant elements and intertwines them together by a skillful use of drawings and paintings. The resulting is unique, fanciful whimsical, undertones of wit and a good old vivid finish. This new and fascinating wonderland of possible realities combines with the human figure, plants, animals into a singular, calm, dark vision.