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Chung King Project: The Sexual Life Of Savages - Candice Lin - 4 Apr 2009 to 16 May 2009 Current Exhibition |
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The Sexual Life of Savages is an exhibition of intricate drawings and sculptures which examine race, gender, and sexuality, as embodied in the dystopic/utopic construction of savagery and primitivism. The exhibition takes its title and starting point from Bronislaw Malinowski�s classic anthropological text. In the middle of the room, a person-sized blanket is filled with purported �Objects of Magical Import�. These low-fi objects reference science experiments, babies� toys, ritual charms and divination tools. They play upon the way in which mysterious, foreign things become imbued with �magical� power that is triggered by fear, misunderstanding and desire. They address the exoticism and projection bound up in the idea of �magic� and the violence inherent in the idea of �import�. Nine graphite-and-watercolor-drawings present seductive landscapes inhabited by a host of uncanny characters: starving settlers drag themselves to a plump black child, while a circle of hermaphrodite dancers whirl about in a blood-letting ritual, and shriveled monk-gnomes ride upon the shoulders of indigenous girls. The drawings and objects give forms to the ways in which desire and anxiety create narratives of savagery, spirituality, and sexuality. Candice Lin received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and her B. A. from Brown University. Lin�s work has been exhibited at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, the New York Underground Film Festival, Lisa Dent Gallery (SF), Milliken Gallery (Stockholm,), Valenzuela Y Klenner Arte Contemporaneo (Bogota), and Kino Lab at the Ujazdowski Castle (Warsaw). In 2004, Lin was awarded an artist residency at CESTA (Czech Republic) and is currently a 2009 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow. Also opening that same night from 6 to 8pm, is a group exhibition?Glue, Paper, Scissors, at the Luckman Gallery (Cal-State LA) 5151 State University Drive, LA, CA 90032, including works by Candice Lin, Dan Bayles, and Maeghan Reid. BIO EDUCATION 2002-2004 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California MFA New Genres Major 1997-2001 Brown University, Providence, RI B.A. Visual Arts & Art Semiotics 2000 Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS 2008 The Ups & Downs, Betalevel, Los Angeles, CA. The Mystical, Scatological, and the Occult, Monte Vista, Los Angeles, CA. Alternative Places, LAX airport, Los Angeles, CA. 2007 Sundowners, Happy Lion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Sicknesses of the Spirit, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo). Humor Us, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. curated by Yong Soon Min, Viet Lee, and Leta Ming. The Pyramid Show, Monte Vista, Los Angeles, CA. curated by Noah Peffer and Frank Chang. Monster Drawing Rally, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA. American Symposium, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA. The Ordinary Fantastic, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden, curated by Liv Stoltz. Tall Totem Pole, 1269 E. 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Kevin Willis. A Warning Shouldn�t be Pleasant, West Los Angeles College Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Michael Smoler. Beautiful Deceptions, Studio Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA. 2006 Video Picnic, Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA. Halloweird, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA and later traveling to Central Cinema (Seattle), Axiom Theater (Houston), Out North (Anchorage), Project 101 (Paris), CHOAS Studios (Colorado Springs), and Indie Memphis (Memphis), hosted by Microcinema International. 2006 Video-Drive-IN: OK. Quoi?! Contemporary Arts Festival, Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Brave New World, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Sean Horchy, Candice Lin and Tim Sullivan, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2005 Death by Tealight II, ATA (Artists Television Access), San Francisco, California. 2004 The Thrill of it All, Hall Gallery, Portland, Oregon. In League with the forces of Evil, Kino Lab (Ujazdowski Castle), Warsaw, Poland. New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY. En El Patio, Valenzuela Y Klenner Arte Contemporaneo, Bogota, Columbia. Weather, CESTA, Gallerie No. 2, Tabor, Czech Republic. (solo) In memory of, Poutni Kostel Klokoty, Tabor, Czech Republic. (solo) In the land of Nadprirozenost, CESTA project space & Trzni Namesti, Tabor, Czech Republic Vernissage, MFA Exhibition for SFAI, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California. Madcat International Film Festival, San Francisco, California. 9th Annual Mail Art Exhibition, Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Artist Book Contest, Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California. Rubber Stamp Project, Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Field Trip, Stevenson Blanche Gallery, Cal Arts, Los Angeles, California. 2003 San Francisco Printmaking, Cell Space, San Francisco, CA. The Psychopathology of the Four (solo) Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California. APAture, 5th Annual Show, SOMArts, San Francisco, California. (Curated by Kearny Street Workshop) Artist Book Show, Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California. Take Out, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, California. 2002 Creative City, Public Library at SPUR (San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Center), San Francisco, California. 2001 Martyrs, Madness, Masochism, and More (solo) List Art Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI. CURATORIAL PROJECTS 2008 Free fall perspective, on line and perception, Monte Vista, LA, CA. Mystical, Scatalogical, and Occult, Monte Vista, LA, CA. 2007 First Kiss, Monte Vista, LA, CA. All Night Drawing Event, Monte Vista, LA, CA AWARDS / RESIDENCIES 2004 CESTA Artist Residency, Tabor, Czech Republic 2004 & 2003 San Francisco Art Institute Annual Artist Book Contest Award, San Francisco, CA. BIBLIOGRAPHY Borman, Greg. Sean Horchy, Candice Lin and Tim Sullivan, San Francisco Art Magazine, August 2006. Janku, Laura Richard. Regional Roundup, Art Info.com, August 3, 2006, Knight, Christopher. Witty, Odd, and Hopeful: Gender and Eroticism. Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2006. Olofsson, Anders. Milliken Gallery, Stockholm: Ordinary Fantastic, Konsten, May 15, 2007, < www.konsten.net/arkivet/ordinary.html>. Wiseman, Goody-B., I Like a Look of Agony: The Work of Candice Lin and Alice Cattaneo, C International Contemporary Art, Issue 84/Winter 2005. |
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