Mel Chin is best known for his collaborative and cross-disciplinary artistic investigations into social, political, and ecologically charged topics. Weaving art and life together, he aims to reveal and help remedy the social and environmental toxicity that surrounds us. Objects, drawings, and videos in Chin’s exhibition explore the dissociative nature of contemporary American life, where tension and conflict ferment beneath the repressive myths surrounding freedom, patriotism, and social unity.
Artist
Mel Chin (US)Julien Robson
Julien Robson is curator of Contemporary Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA). His many exhibition projects include here., which explored the role of the regional in a globalized art world, and Presence, a two year long project that included works by Franz Gertsch, Bill Henson, Mark Wallinger, Gerhard Richter and Berni Searle among others. He is currently working on a retrospective exhibition exploring the many aspects of artist and film maker David Lynch’s practice.
Galerie Steinek
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