Lin Yan: Remaking February 12, 2009

This solo show features new work from Lin Yan's 'Remaking' series, all inspired by the words of President Barack Obama. Her most recent works, 'Remaking,' 'This Nation,' 'Brick by Brick,' 'In and Out,' made of Chinese paper, ink, wax and wood, juxtapose materials from her birth place of Beijing with her current home of New York. While traditional Chinese painting materials (paper and ink) are the foundation of her work, the crumbled layers of soft, handmade paper create a paradoxical post-industrial feeling. Examining and reflecting on the ramifications of China's rush to modernity, she balances restlessness with the tranquility of her materials. Her work investigates the relationship between Chinese traditional painting and modernist abstraction, as well as that between postmodern appropriation and ancient technical rigor.