面对当下疫情，阿蔺Chenyu Lin希望用作品为观众传递快乐，而不要被沉重感笼罩。
During the current worldwide epidemic, Chenyu also hopes to bring a sense of joy, rather than heaviness, to the audience through his work.
Browning Banana, Video document, Banana and post-it notes, 3’39’’, 2020
隔离开始之后，我们的社区每晚8点会举办灯光派对。这种氛围给了我启发，我也希望以自己的方式参与进来。我看见其他人常常在窗户上用便利贴贴出“爱”、“支持”、“谢谢”等词语，这让我感觉很庄重，而不止是支持帮助他人。我经常在窗户上贴出一些问题和日常对话，比如“猫还是狗”，“晚餐吃的什么”，“讨厌我”。我希望用作品向观众传递一丝快乐，而不是沉重感。
这个最新的项目是这样的：我用黄色便利贴贴了个大大的香蕉，随着一根真香蕉每天的变化，我用黑色便利贴替换黄色的一些部分。我的邻居可以看到，香蕉便利贴是怎么一天天变黑的，从而感到隔离期间时光的流逝。
Since quarantine started, our community has been having a lighting party every night at 8 o’clock. I’ve been inspired by the atmosphere a lot and wish to join it in my way.
I usually saw some others’ window post-it notes, such as LOVE, SUPPORT, and THANK U, and I can only feel solemn more than supportive. I usually posted some questions, and a normal conversation on our windows, such as CAT OR DOG, WHAT’S YOUR DINNER and MON. HATES ME. I hope to bring a sense of joy, rather than heaviness, to the audience through my work.
The latest project is: I posted a giant banana by yellow post- its. Then I’ve followed what has happened to a real banana, replacing these yellow post-its with black ones. My neighbors can see how the post-its banana turns to black and feel time passing during this isolation period.
《自画像》拼贴 便利贴 107x152cm 2020
Self-Portrait, Collage, Post-it notes, 107x152cm, 2020
I Don’t Want To Face the Coming Day, Painting, Acrylic, 35.56×50.8cm, 2018
阿蔺Chenyu Lin，来自中国的艺术家，2017年在哈尔滨获得艺术学士学位，2020年全球新冠疫情期间在芝加哥艺术学院攻读艺术硕士。他的作品有两个基本要素：适应能力和幽默感。他常说自己是一个需要“做作业”的艺术家，这并不是指他需要外在的压力才能工作，而是在面对有限而具体的创作环境时，他更有动力去挑战“作业”所代表的规则。此外，幽默感是他最有力的武器，让更多的观众接受他的作品，以放松的方式理解他的创作意图。
Chenyu Lin is an artist from China. He received his BFA degree from Harbin, China, in 2017, and then his MFA from the School of Art Institute of Chicago during the 2020 global epidemic. There are two essential elements in his work, adaptability and humor. He often refers to himself as an artist who needs assignments, which is not to say that he needs external pressure to work, but that when the creative environment becomes very limited and concrete, he is more motivated to challenge the rules represented by “assignments”. Humor, on the other hand, is his most potent weapon, able to get a broader audience to accept his work and understand his creative intentions in a relaxed way.