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Email PageDrawings of Skin
February 15, 2008- March 15, 2008
Reception: February 15, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cynthia Lin
Michael Steinberg Fine Art
526 W 26th StDrawings of Skin, an exhibition of monumental graphite drawings by Cynthia Lin, will open in the project room at Michael Steinberg Fine Art on February 15th, 2008, and remain on view until March 15th. The works presented are derived from computer scans of skin, bodily orifices, and hair that are microscopically observed and redrawn by the artist. The almost overwhelming level of detail generates conflicting sensations of discomfort and fascination.
According to Ms. Lin:
A longtime painter, my devotion to the exploration of surfaces as a means of gathering knowledge has led to these drawings of skin. I examine the modern body and its contradictory, fragmentary experience by meticulously rendering computer-scanned orifices, skin, and hair. By immensely magnifying these infinitely detailed images, I transform a speedily gained and deliberately avoided view into a meditative, seemingly timeless examination. By subjecting a photograph through this almost unimaginably slow process of looking and drawing, I hope the dismissible becomes confrontational, and the microscopic becomes monumental.
Lin was recently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006. Residency fellowships include Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, The Space Program at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Visiting Artists and Scholars Program at the American Academy in Rome, Ragdale, and Hall Farm Center for the Arts and Education.
Cynthia Lin was born in Taiwan and grew up near Chicago, Illinois. She received her M.F.A. and M.A. from The University of Iowa, Iowa City, and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. Cynthia Lin lives and works in New York.
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