Leather remnants and upholstery tacks
Looks 1, 2, 3, 4: 8 f h x 4 ft w
Looks 5, 6: 7 ft h x 4 ft w
Looks 8, 9, 10, 11, 12: 5 ft h x 3.5 ft w
Looks 13, 15: 30 in h x 40 in w
Installation at Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2018
Installation at 8th Floor Gallery, New York City, 2018
Materials for the Arts Gallery, Long Island City, NY, 2016
In a series of wall-based sculptures made from leather offcuts after the production of luxury accessories, Jean Shin reconstructs the “body” of these hides. The organic contour of the animal skin is on the outside, while the precise geometric leather cutouts create an empty, negative space. The enigmatic voids promise the latest objects of desire that can never be fulfilled. These fashion industry leftovers hint at the elaborate, often toxic manufacturing process that transforms raw materials into consumer products and the consequent waste it produces as “deadstock”.
