Lunch Box
Lin Chuan-Chu
林銓居
Production date
2002
Object Detail
Media
ink on rice paper
Measurements
216 x 198 cm
Notes
Lin Chuan-Chu thinks of himself as a modern version of the Chinese literati, learned scholars equally conversant with painting, calligraphy and poetry. Unlike traditional painters, though, Lin’s loosely expressive ink and brush works often tell of personal sorrow and family trauma. He describes the ‘rupture’ between his adoption of this cultured identity and his background in a farming family, harvesting rice. Here, the lunchbox that looms menacingly represents a sad memory. Each year, on the anniversary of his older brother leaving home against his autocratic father’s wishes, the entire family was permitted to eat only rice and salt.
Accession number
2015.054