Jean Shin

Jean  Shin es una artista famoso por sus instalaciones con elementos reciclados.

Os dejos cuatro ejemplos de como unos tubos de pastillas, unos paraguas rotos, unos viejos zapatos o unos discos de vinilo estropeados le sirven de inspiración.

Artist Jean Shin is a faculty member and alumna of Pratt Institute and is nationally recognized for her monumental art installations that transform everyday objects into elegant expressions of identity and community.

Chemical Balance, 2005-09

To create this work, thousands of empty prescription pill bottles were collected from nursing homes, pharmacies and individuals’ medicine cabinets

Penumbra, 2003

Rescued from the street after windy storms, broken umbrellas have been deconstructed, reassembled and re-introduced to the outdoor elements

Hide, 2004

Hide is an installation comprised of hundreds of worn leather shoes that have been laboriously deconstructed, paired and then stitched together to form 13 hanging sheets of rich, undulating color

Sound Wave, 2007

Records were melted and sculpted to form a cascading wave, dotted with bursts of colorful labels

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