JEAN SHIN: SPRING COLLECTION (OPENING RECEPTION)

Through community engagement and an intricate and labor intensive process, Jean Shin transforms everyday objects into large scale installations. Often times collecting materials through personal transactions, these objects are in part representations of their original owners, serving as portraits for individuals and communities.

During her residency at Materials for the Arts, Shin was surrounded by a constantly changing inventory, exposing her not only to materials donated by individuals but also to the donations of entire industries, MFTA and its network of donors forming a community of its own. The exhibition explores how the origins of materials affect their meaning and how the process of manufacturing and packaging alters our understanding of and relationship to the objects we possess.