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Shu-Lin Chen
"There are no bad things in the nature, the water, the sea, the clouds, the sky . . ."
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The publication of a postal stamp is often a homage paid by a nation to a place, an event, a remarkable cause or a character which count. The painters and other artists do not escape from this rule. Some are however "forgotten" of postal art. Here, gathered below (French or foreign), emitted stamps (206) or simple studies of stamp (224) in homage to the artists represented on our website. The first French stamp was emitted in 1849, England preceded us by ten years. There is often a share of voyage in this small form of shape paper. The stamp circulates, sails, flies away, it makes dream, then dream a little. M.C.
When the stamp is really emitted, the artist name is preceded of an asterisk (*). It is certain that we do not know each stamp emitted for such or such artist; do not hesitate with us to make known them!
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Shu Lin Chen is born in Taipei (Taiwan) in 1967. She graduated from The Taipei National Institute of Arts in 6 years of studies (1987-1992). Two years later in 1994, she moves to France and settles in Paris. The following year in 1995, she joins the Atelier Contrepoint (former Atelier 17 until Stanley William Hayter's death in 1988). For many decades the Atelier 17 is worldwide known). Very quickly, Shu Lin Chen gets into etching and learns little by little how to master Hayter's techniques in etching and printing.
The artist feels immediatly confortable with the spirit and philosophy that reigns in the Atelier. Do the walls still echo the Hayter's lessons? At that time Hector Saunier runs the Atelier 17 (he is himself a former student of Hayter as well as the Atelier's co-manager together with Hayter). In 1996, she is an official assistant at the Atelier. She offers to help other etchers and teach them how to reproduce « simultaneous » inkings on a same plate. She sticks to the ways her master founded the Atelier based on specific etching techniques. Shu Lin Chen says : « He surimposes a certain number of lines like a musical score. Lines are juxtaposed with matching colors. Thus, his harmonies are music. »
Robert Marteau, poet, writes : « It comes back to me a birdsong from the mountain. Is it a flute? Is it fire blazing? Wherever we are, sun is always rising east. Shu Lin Chen gets her colored inks from waters and flames deep down from her memories as she goes along sthrenghening her endless learnings like in any job - even in poetry since it is about making appear what never had been. »
Shu Lin Chen's works is exhibited in many personal exhibitions in France and abroad (Taiwan, Chile, Italy, Belgium), the Taiwanese artist is present essentially in international collective events linked to graphic art (Peru, Taiwan, Malaisia, Japan, Hong Kong, Sweden, Norway or England and Russia).
Her work both patient and gestural has to do with silence, harmony, Nature (The infinetely big and small), magic and The unknown, always towards meeting her own self.
We hope for people who do not know her yet that you will enjoy her work.
Artists on display
The art and the artists display: proclamations, galleries, museums, personal or collective exhibitions. On walls or in shop windows, wise or rebels, posters warn, argue, show. Some were specially conceived by an artist for such or such event, other, colder, have only the letter.
Some were created in lithographic technic, most are simple offset reproductions. They are many those who like collecting these rectangles of paper, monochrome or in games of colours, in matt paper or brilliant, with many words or almost dumb.
We are happy also to be able to greet, by this pages, mythical galleries as those of Denise René, Louis Carré, Claude Bernard, Berheim Jeune, Maeght, Pierre Loeb and others.
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To read about the artist :
- « Art and the printing press », Cat. d'expo., Museo Civica, Crémone, 2007
- « Incisione sperimentale - H. Saunier et S. L. Chen », Beaux-Arts, Bari, 2008
- « Atelier Contrepoint », exposition, Le Cabinet d'amateur, Paris, 2008
- « Shu Lin Chen », exposition, Médiathèque de Villers-Cotterêts, 2008
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+ Stamp
Stamp by Shu-Lin Chen
fictional stamp
The publication of a postal stamp is often a homage paid by a nation to a place, an event, a remarkable cause or a character which count. The painters and other artists do not escape from this rule. Some are however "forgotten" of postal art. Here, gathered below (French or foreign), emitted stamps (206) or simple studies of stamp (224) in homage to the artists represented on our website. The first French stamp was emitted in 1849, England preceded us by ten years. There is often a share of voyage in this small form of shape paper. The stamp circulates, sails, flies away, it makes dream, then dream a little. M.C.
When the stamp is really emitted, the artist name is preceded of an asterisk (*). It is certain that we do not know each stamp emitted for such or such artist; do not hesitate with us to make known them!
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Beyond works currently in stock, it seemed to me useful to combine business with pleasure by letting you discover others works by artists in my gallery. These artworks, now sold or removed from our website, have been in our stock in the past.
These pages will undoubtedly make it possible for some of you to associate an image with its title or the other way round, for others it will be a good time to discover more on such and such artist. For the sake of confidentiality – the pieces being no longer available – we won't display neither their numbering or their price. For whatever reason, make sure to visit this amazing art database with to date 6441 online works just for your pleasure! Michelle Champetier
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