Lost and Found: Single Socks, 2000
Socks, zippers, thread, and dryer lint
Dimensions variable
Lent by the artist
Web photos courtesy EducAsians
Photo credits: J. ten Doesschate

Jean Shin
Born in Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Jean emigrated to the U.S. at a young age.  Her installations employ large quantities of commonly discarded objects.  Her mass of single socks that are missing their mates symbolizes dysfunction, rejection, and abandonment.

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