Yin Xiuzhen (b. 1963), one of the most active installation artists in China today, presents a retrospective of works from 1994-2008 at the new Chelsea gallery space of Chambers Fine Art and a site-specific installation created for the Museum of Modern Art. She is recognized for her site-specific installations and sculptures, often using textiles, including her early series of soft sculptures of hand-sewn cities contained in suitcases. “Collective Subconscious”, which originally debuted at Yin’s solo exhibition at Beijing Commune in 2007, is a large scale minivan installation selected to debut as part of the Elaine Dannheisser Project Series New Yorks MoMA.
Yin Xiuzhen will also hold a major solo exhibition opening on March 20 at Pace Wildenstein (Beijing).
From the MoMA Press Release: “A leading figure in contemporary Chinese art, Yin Xiuzhen has worked primarily in site-specific installation and sculpture since the early 1990s. Her work addresses issues on both an environmental scale and a personal one, and often employs quotidian materials, including found textiles. Projects 92 presents her large-scale sculpture Collective Subconscious, which is composed of a bisected minivan connected by a long tube covered in a quilt made of found garments. The public is welcomed inside this transformed conveyance, where they will find a cozy refuge complete with low stools and soft pop music—a space that invites visitors to break the silence of the hushed gallery, reinventing it as a place for conversation and discussion.”
Upon returning to New York after her first visit to China, Soraya Broukhim provides a review of Wang Qingsong’s "When World's Collide" exhibition of photographs and videos at ICP. (Read more)
Upon returning to New York after her first visit to China, Soraya Broukhim provides a review of Wang Qingsong’s "When World's Collide" exhibition of photographs and videos at ICP. (Read more)
Yin Xiuzhen installations in New York
(Read more about Yin Xiuzhen in Frieze Magazine (May 2008)
From the MoMA Press Release: “A leading figure in contemporary Chinese art, Yin Xiuzhen has worked primarily in site-specific installation and sculpture since the early 1990s. Her work addresses issues on both an environmental scale and a personal one, and often employs quotidian materials, including found textiles. Projects 92 presents her large-scale sculpture Collective Subconscious, which is composed of a bisected minivan connected by a long tube covered in a quilt made of found garments. The public is welcomed inside this transformed conveyance, where they will find a cozy refuge complete with low stools and soft pop music—a space that invites visitors to break the silence of the hushed gallery, reinventing it as a place for conversation and discussion.”