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Among the first paintings Htein Lin made during his 61/2 years in a Burmese prison was a self-portrait. The likeness is only passing - he had no mirror in his cell - and the line is uncertain: in lieu of a brush, he used the pieces of a disassembled cigarette lighter. The theme couldn't be clearer, however. The artist's face is enshrouded by prison bars. Yet sprouting from his head is a verdant tangle of vines that sprawls to the painting's edge - a fierce assertion that the mind, unlike the body, will not be held captive. "While...
...Htein Lin's prison experience is omnipresent in his paintings, which have been featured in recent exhibitions in both Hong Kong and London, where he now lives with his wife, a former British ambassador to Burma. His work - and unique modus operandi - is attracting the attention of international collectors, according to Karin Weber, owner of a Hong Kong gallery specializing in contemporary Burmese art that has shown Htein Lin's paintings. "They're dense with visual information," Weber says, referring to a corpus that both chronicles the artist's bodily and sensory impoverishment, and offers a timely glimpse into...
...Despite the cruelty and tedium Htein Lin recorded, he doesn't consider himself a political artist. He was, in fact, disillusioned with politics after years of futile activism. As a law student in Rangoon, he became involved with a troupe practicing a-nyient, a traditional Burmese form of comedy that often pokes fun at the country's military leaders. When those leaders reasserted their authority in a 1988 putsch, Htein Lin, along with many other student activists, fled into the jungle. While living in a rebel camp, he happened to meet an older artist, who offered him drawing lessons using...
...City-the mega mall that's a magnet for tourists seeking a bargain, and where Salim aimed to go-shopkeepers say fewer foreign customers are showing up. "Before, we were so busy. We're not selling much anymore; by 5 or 6 p.m., we're just playing cards," says Lin Ming, a clothing shop owner whose sales have dropped by 50% in the last month...
...human rights are about Chinese people and they are the ones who should take the lead,” Kumar said. “People from outside can do only so much.” Co-president of the Harvard College Human Rights Advocates Quinnie Lin ‘09 said she was pleased with the event. “We brought together this event in order to promote a variety of different views on the issue of human rights in China,” she said. “I think we were very successful in doing...