It seems that this artist has drawn a lot of inspiration from mobile phones

In the 'Live Entertainment' series, Lin Wen's message is very clear. He reflects on the internet's monopoly on information for young people, especially how smartphones, in his view, have become an indispensable part of the human body. The cover is 'Live Entertainment No.20', where the character in the painting stares intently at a mobile phone, and the entire frame also resembles a phone screen, creating a strange spatial sense like that in 'Inception' and 'The Truman Show'. Lin Wen has used imitation fur in many of his works. I've also seen Lin Wen's works at the He Duoling Art Museum before, where he had paintings on door panels. I'm curious about how he came up with the idea to use these materials? Lin Wen: "By chance, I pasted a piece of fur fabric on a door panel painting. The fabric juxtaposed with the exposed bodies of the characters in the painting gave me a sense of a peculiar and ambiguous effect. So I started experimenting. It's actually just about replacing the conventionally agreed upon oil painting base canvas - linen - with velvet fabric (imitation fur)." Regarding the use of mixed materials, it's still this second piece, with an open book connected to a pale yellow rope. The intention of such a setting is that the book is related to ideology, and the rope represents control. I asked Lin Wen a rather gossipy question about why he thought of painting slightly overweight men? It's actually somewhat like a self-portrait, as he was a bit overweight at the time. Speaking of which, when Lin Wen first showed his original photos, everyone was shocked; he is a genuine radical transformation. He has always insisted on running, and it's always been morning runs. I reasonably suspect that he is also making a transition by moderately putting down his phone, stepping away from the virtual world of the internet, and re-examining real life. There are some portrait series created in 2023, with the facial features obscured, appearing like afterimages or avatars. Why such a setup? Lin Wen: "These portraits actually carry some features of language training, and I wanted to do some portrait modeling training that is different from the past. So I included some elements of screen glitch aesthetics." Exhibition period: 2024.5.11-7.7 Location: Gallery of Light, Tianfu Art Park, Tianfu 111 Building 4, Annex 101-102