Jean Shin Presentation at McEvoy Auditorium

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Introduction to Jean Shin
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Jean Shin was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1971. She presented eight of her pieces in an exhibition titled Common Threads at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2009.

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U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
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Jean Shin first exhibited her artwork in the Smithsonian American Art Museum after being elected as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in 1990. The Scholars Program recognizes exceptionally talented high school students each year. Current information can be found on Facebook.

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Alterations
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Jean Shin created Alterations in 1999. The inspiration for this piece came from the scraps of fabric leftover after altering her pants.

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Building a House of Cards
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Jean Shin used lottery tickets to build sculptures similar to card castles. Another artist, Bryan Berg, holds a Guinness World Record for building the tallest house of freestanding cards.

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Invisible Cities
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Unraveling was inspired by a book called Invisible Cities (Italian: Le città invisibili). Written by Italo Calvino, it was published in Italy in 1972 by Giulio Einaudi Editore. Calvino describes over fifty cities through the voice of an explorer, Marco Polo. The book is framed as a conversation between the aging and busy emperor Kublai Khan and Polo.

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Naturalization: Becoming a U.S. Citizen
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Immigrants to the United States can become citizens through a process called naturalization. Requirements and a summary of the process can be found on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services web pages.

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The National Mall
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In 1965 the National Mall was established in Washington, DC. According to the National Park Service, 24 million visitors come from around the world to see the National Mall each year. These visitors can commemorate presidential legacies, honor war veterans, and celebrate the United States commitment to freedom and equality.

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Artists: Jean Shin

Speaking during a lecture In conjunction with the exhibition Jean Shin: Common Threads
Nationally recognized for her monumental installations that transform castoff materials into elegant expressions of identity and community, Artist Jean Shin speaks about her ground breaking work. Shin employs a meticulous process of dismantling and alteration to create evocative sculptural installations that are composed of everything from worn shoes and lost socks to broken umbrellas and discarded lottery tickets. The resulting assemblages consist of hundreds, sometimes thousands, of seemingly identical objects gathered from friends, relatives, and perfect strangers. Joanna Marsh, American Art’s curator of contemporary art, said “By giving new life and restored purpose to forgotten objects, Shin shows us that value and beauty can be found in the most unexpected places.

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