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Leon Lim

New York NY United States

http://www.leonlimstudio.com
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I have created two paintings a week after Sept 11. They are entitled "010911 III" and "010911 IV". The original paintings measured 30 inches by 30 inches. The paintings were exhibited at several galleries in Rochester town for a year. They are now on display at Rochester Institute of Technology since 2001.

What I have been inspired about the paintings is people got emotional responses from seeing the paintings although the paintings don't have description to explain what the paintings means. The reviewers know what the paintings tell a story without asking me for explanation. I decided to employ that experience to create eight large-than-life paintings measured 10.4 feet by 10.4 feet each (WTC measured 208 feet by 208 feet, according to Artifice Inc.) The eight paintings will be made of canvas, woods, sand, acrylic, papers, and steels.

The WTC Stories in Numbers

Painting 1: " 1966 I "
Painting 2: " 1972 II "
Painting 3: " 730404 III "
Painting 4: " 28 VI "
Painting 5: " 750213 V "
Painting 6: " 930226 VI "
Painting 7: " 010911 VII "
Painting 8: " 010911 VIII "

Two of the eight paintings, 1 and 2 will describe a story of how the WTC twin towers built from 1966 to 1972. Painting 3 is the day of launching. Painting 4 is a story of its service in 28 years. Painting 5 and 6 are stories of how they survived from two mass destructions. The other two will show a result after Sept 11, 2001. Each painting will has a big glass bowl standing on floor that represents a symbolization of what the paintings tell.

Now I am looking for funds and grants to complete eight paintings for Sept 11 Memorial Museum.

Your interests in being part of my contribution and investing the project will bring visitors new inspiration, new education and new remembrance about the history of WTC from a ground to the buidlings to the disappearance.

Part of the reason why I want to do this project because some stories, before Sept 11, about the WTC have been unknown.

Please feel free to visit my artwork on my website - 26studio.com

Born and raised in Kedah, Malaysia and schooled in Penang, Malaysia, Leon Lim is an artist and designer based in New York City. Leon Lim’s deafness has developed his ability to have a strong visual sense. As a child, Lim discovered colorful prints covered on music cassettes which brought him into the art world.

Lim has been creating works ranging from paintings and sculptures to interior architecture and graphic designs to multimedia and art installations and photography. The solo voyager, who has traveled to more than 35 countries worldwide, he often explores themes of heritage preservation, social segregation, mortality, interactive communication, and the politics of identity and culture. His works merge realism with the beauty of abstract form, resulting in art that is both ancient and contemporary.

Recently, Leon’s media installation was exhibited with the great sponsor, VAS Arts in The Kennedy Center, Washington DC and The World Financial Center, New York City. His new work will be shown at Total Museum of Contemporary Arts, Seoul, Korea in Summer 2008. Lim will be one of the 12 artists featured on the New York City Mayor’s Office calendar with VSA Arts in 2009.

Lim believes in a subject of The Impossible is Possible.