“Child Palace, or “Zigong” comes from the Mandarin characters which make up the word "womb." The characters resonated with me not only for their lyric quality, but as being conceptually aligned with the ever growing global corporatocracy as creating a sort of misguided playland. This international community headed by large corporations and powerful governments has thinly veiled neocolonialist intentions, imposing its economic and political policies on developing countries. It has, as yet, been unable to reconcile individual human needs, environmental issues, autocracy and societal health with its practices.  The powers that be have ignored the effects of “neoliberal economic” ideology on the majority of populations, resulting in the destruction of cultures, communities, environments, and democracies. Facades of stability and promises of independence have allowed for unrestrained construction, loss of individual economic and political power, and the creation of an elite, protected class.  This elite class exists in a construct separate from the vast majority, increasingly comfortable in an imposed landscape of grids, manufactured substances, and plastic environments.

Child Palace is an exploration of these plastic environments and subsequent pollution. I have created these works with Layers of Epoxy resin with Polymer paint on board, blueprints, pathways, biomorphic forms, giant flowers, and intense colors to create a jungle surrounding, supporting and threatening to oppress the human forms working and playing within”.

Well known across the United States, with frequent shows in San Francisco and New York, rising art star MONIKA LIN's works explore heavy duty social issues through delicate portrayals on multi-layered epoxy resin polymer paintings. Another ART LABOR gift to Shanghai's smart collectors and international art enthusiasts, these are works you will rarely see in Asia. This solo show will also feature cloth installation pieces reminiscent of Annette Messager and showcase more than 20 new paintings.