HTEIN LIN
Htein Lin is a Burmese artist working in painting, installation and performance, as well as a writer, and has also been a comedian and actor. Born in 1966 in Ingapu, Ayeyarwady Division, he was active in the 1988 student movement at Rangoon University where he studied law. After going underground after the military takeover he was arrested in 1998 and jailed on spurious accusations of opposition activity, he spent almost seven years in jail (1998-2004). During this time he developed his artistic practice, using items available to him like bowls and cigarette lighters in the absence of brushes to make paintings and monoprints on the cotton prison uniform.
Silent for a While: Contemporary Art from Myanmar
Soap Block
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Soap+Block
2015Soap120+x+360+cm+%28variable%29
Father, Mother and Their Daughter
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Father%2C+Mother+and+Their+Daughter
1999Paint+on+prisoner%27s+clothes44+x+48+cm
Shadow of Hope
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Shadow+of+Hope
1999Paint+on+prisoner%27s+clothes38+x+44+cm
Map of Rat
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Map+of+Rat
1999Paint+on+prisoner%27s+clothes49+x+39+cm
Biology of Art
Htein+Lin
Biology+of+Art
1999Paint+on+prisoner%27s+clothes52+x+61+cm
Skirting Issue
Crushed By The Wheels of Industry l
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Crushed+By+The+Wheels+of+Industry+l
2017Teak+and+padauk+wood88+x+63+cm
Crushed By The Wheels of Industry ll
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Crushed+By+The+Wheels+of+Industry+ll
2017Teak+and+padauk+wood89+x+93+cm
Sandar Thet
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Sandar+Thet
2018Acrylic+on+textile72+x+48+in
Aye Aye Nwe
Htein+Lin
Aye+Aye+Nwe
201848+x+36+in
Ei Thuza Htwe
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Ei+Thuza+Htwe
2018Acrylic+on+textile72+x+48+in
Mi Mi Aung
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Mi+Mi+Aung
2018Acrylic+on+textile48+x+36+in
Aye Hnin Nyo
Htein+Lin
Aye+Hnin+Nyo
2018Acrylic+on+textile48+x+36+in
Mu Lan
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Mu+Lan
2018Acrylic+on+textile48+x+36+in
The Wheel and the Shadow
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The+Wheel+and+the+Shadow
2017Teak+and+padauk+wood
Immobilise
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Immobilise
2017Teak+and+padauk+wood
Folded Wheel
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Folded+Wheel
2017Teak+and+padauk+wood
