Alan Chin

Alan ChinFebruary 22, 2019

Alan ChinFebruary 22, 2019

X, 2014-2018. Polystyrene, mylar, spray paint, bamboo, steel, iron, latex acrylic, nylon, and paper. 108’’ x 108’’x 12’’ Currently on view at innerspace Gallery. Curated by Artstagia.

Alan ChinFebruary 21, 2019

Alan ChinFebruary 21, 2019

HUMAN CIRCLES, 2019 In collaboration with Yes Theory, over 5,000 volunteers with three days advance notice using the power of social media were asked to participate around the world in a happening connected to the “Alone” sculpture of 100+ artists at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, in Japan. See the Yes Theory Episode below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZXPxRwZwYE

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Alan ChinFebruary 21, 2019

Alan ChinFebruary 21, 2019

Untitled, 2018, Alan Chin

Untitled, 2018, Steel

Alan ChinFebruary 21, 2019

Alan ChinFebruary 21, 2019

Block Party, 2018, Alan Chin

Block Party, 2018. Aluminum (recycled soda and beer cans).

Alan ChinFebruary 19, 2019

Alan ChinFebruary 19, 2019

Concept for Sculpture/ 5th Crosscurrent Exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum: Japan Statement:  We live in a materialistic and structured society filled with order and rules. Humanity is challenged to question the boundaries we share as mankind. Mankind often forgets to be “kind.” The complex ecosystems and microcosms within our very planet are immense and seemingly infinite. From the ever-expanding universe of outer space to our infinite inner expansion within, we continue to discover and uncover new layers within our landscape.  Instant, digital, social media, and artificial intelligence allow us to connect like we never have before, though we can still feel disconnected and alone. The need for codependency and biodiversity are becoming more a part of the discussion for our future. Could it be that we are moving from the age of technology approaching the age of connection? How can we transform into more of a peaceful collective geographical relationship with one another?  How can we re-imagine how life is organized on earth? How do we gift the wisdom that will empower the future?  Every breakdown creates opportunity for a breakthrough. We are mark makers, carbon or otherwise. Our future is at a critical state in need of individual value and universal access. From the air we breathe to the food we eat we must remember to investigate the natural order of things evolving from a political geography dividing the world to functional geography connecting us.  We are the food we eat. Only together we stand the chance to do something meaningful, building a better planet for all. We are in a global revolution, taking a quantum leap of mobility to a global network civilization. We must build more pathways to allow more connection and quality exchange. Connectivity is the new reality. Connectivity is opportunity. Connectivity is destiny.  Dear Artist, I invite you to participate and collaborate in a multifaceted sculptural installation that will first take place in the Metropolitan Museum Art in Tokyo as part of the show, “CROSSCURENT.” The sculpture is titled “ALONE” which comes from the Old English root “ALL ONE” meaning together oneness in the whole, until time and translation shifted its meaning to being by one self.   I would like to use this opportunity to shift the dialogue about what it means to be alone and the connection of what it means to be together. The sculpture is a constellation of artist coming together with the idea derived from “ it takes a village to raise a child” and “we are on the planet together.” Though we may have social boundaries that seemingly separate us from one another, we are on this planet together. The spontaneity of chance and the movement throughout the space will allow the work to be an access point, connecting the dots of our time by allowing the possibility of infinite angular focal points, movement, and chance to shift the vocabulary of connection. This sculpture will create a safe space for the multigenerational discussion of connection.  I am asking loved ones, friends, family and artist whom I met to participate. The first 100 to say yes will be included in the installation in Tokyo. I am asking for the artist to contribute one disk with a diameter ranging from 1” to 36”, if you are not going to make it to Tokyo the diameter of the disk must be 24” or less, and delivered to me by January 11th unless discussed otherwise. The disk is a ½’’ thick max unless you talked to me about a specific material. *Please let me know if you will be coming to Tokyo as there are other logistics to discuss.   Each disk represents an individual story as a starting point as part of a constellation of connection and pulse with in a physical space. The disk must be a circle and able to be suspended in air, it must be flat. Each disk will represent an artist’s individual story. The disk will be a part of the larger sculpture installation. If you agree to participate in this experience you are agreeing to gift your work to this sculpture as a form of collaboration with the intention of this sculpture to be gifted to the viewer to experience as a whole work of art together. Each artist is allowed the opportunity to write a brief statement in 300 words or less, that will be included in a catalogue/book of the sculpture and it’s participants. Each artist asked has been selected to participate as an individual.   This is a call to the artist, humanity, connection, and love.

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Alan ChinFebruary 18, 2019Comment

Alan Chin, All Kinds of Weather, 2018

All Kinds of Weather, 2018 Wood (French oak, grown by Napoleon Bonaparte for battleships), steel, and glue. 60”x 60” x 36” Downey Projects is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by California-based artist Alan Chin. This is the artist's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles and the most comprehensive exhibition of his work since 2010, showcasing the multiple facets of Chin’s studio practice and time while living in the greater Los Angeles area. In his psychologically charged objects and paintings, Chin portrays cultural modes against intangible circumstances. Whether depicting family history, gender, spirituality, mainstream culture, nature, or complex cosmic questions, his work attempts to navigate the continuous abundance of information through visual language in contemporary life. By integrating elements of painting, ceramics, architecture, installation, performance, and film, he investigates the value we place on objects, color, and form, and explores how we create meaning within the vocabulary of life. Using everyday materials, ranging from found objects, nature, and humanity, he notes sculpture and painting as evidence of behavior. By using the process of experimentation, his work seems to hover in a transitional state of paradox, as if caught between life and death. His work becomes a self-perpetuating system, seemingly capable of a goal, decay, and rebirth.  Like scientific instruments of measurement, his sculpture attempts to quantify and organize the universe through a fragile, personal system of order within the seemingly chaotic world. His work investigates culture’s obscure undercurrents within our structured society by exploring the power of the human capacity.

Alan ChinOctober 13, 2018Comment

Alan ChinOctober 13, 2018Comment

INSTANT MESSAGE. 98” x 132”. oil, enamel, and acrylic on canvas. 2017

Alan ChinApril 17, 2018Comment

Alan ChinApril 17, 2018Comment

Untitled, Oil on Canvas. 2017

Currently on view at Franco Moragrega Gallery , San Diego, California.

Alan ChinFebruary 07, 2018

Alan ChinFebruary 07, 2018

Made at the Mission Clay Artist in Residency in Phoenix, AZ. 2016

THE FUTURE 2016, Ceramic, and glaze. http://www.mcpart.org/

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Alan ChinFebruary 07, 2018Comment

CONNECTED Materials: found metal, welded steel At the 1st East Lake International Ecological Sculpture Biennale was kicked off on December 17, 2017, in the Sculpture Gallery and its outdoor space, Jiufeng Urban Forestry Reserve, in collaboration with The Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan.    Made of material found at a local scrap yard while working in, Wuhan. The former purpose of the metal rings were used as wheels that once held spools of industrial electric cable that now lines and gives power to the ever growing ever, changing city of Wuhan, China. The nature of the material will change through, climate creating a patina painted by the weather. My sculpture presents two interlocking spheres of difference that are coming together creating a never-ending loop of connection to each other.  

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Golden Nugget 2017,  The sculpture resembles a traditional Chinese scholar rock made up of industrial materials, such as cinder block, steel, insulation foam, acrylic, spray paint, and bronze.  Gold nugget is a work of art paying homage to Chin's Chinese American Taishan heritage. The work itself represents a time in history touching on Chinese Diaspora and the journey to “GUM SAN” (Gold Mountain: America), materialism, the California goldrush, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the American dream, truth, deception, greed, struggle, ornamental objects scholarly traditions, spiritual practice, religion, superstition, paradox, and the role of art in our contemporary society.  Presented by Destination Luxury Magazine and Los Angeles Fashion Week

Alan ChinJanuary 29, 2018

Alan ChinJanuary 29, 2018

“Broken Crayons Still Color”   2017, Found wood, enamel, recycled and repurposed materials   Presented by Donna Antebi to The Children's Action Network

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Alan ChinJanuary 29, 2018Comment

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Alan ChinSeptember 13, 2017

Alan ChinSeptember 13, 2017

Alan ChinSeptember 13, 2017

Alan ChinSeptember 13, 2017

Alan ChinSeptember 13, 2017

Alan ChinSeptember 13, 2017

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Alan ChinSeptember 13, 2017

Alan ChinSeptember 13, 2017

COVERED: CHILDRENS ACTION NETWORK, 2016 Fleece, latex paint, spray paint, skate wheel, wood, nylon rope, plywood, pant can tops, found materials, metal. One of a kind wreath auctioned off the support the Children's Action Network's work to help find families for more than 101,000 children in foster care in need of permanent, loving homes.

Alan ChinSeptember 13, 2017

Alan ChinSeptember 13, 2017

WINTER WONDERFUL: ESTATE OF TONY PRITZKER Held Dec. 3 at the Beverly Hills home of Jeanne and Anthony Pritzker with its dramatic open-to-the-skies interiors and spectacular views of the city, the annual sale of designer  wreaths raised more than $80,000 for the charity’s mission to help foster children find adoptive homes. Although I’ve already attended three charity events at the Pritzker home, I always look forward to parties there and applaud the Pritzkers for so generously opening their home to so many good causes. (Other fundraisers were ABT’s Stars Under the Stars Gala and the  UCLA Institute for the Environment’s Inaugural Gala.)  The one-of-a-kind wreaths - several of them pictured in the photo gallery below - sat on easels in rooms throughout the home. Contributors included Virginia Madsen, Lilakoi Moon, Andy Griffith, Rose Apodaca, Nina Segal, Sharon Segal, Trina Turk, Kirk Nix, Joan Ransohoff, Suzie Parkinson, Alan Chin, Shiva Rose, Tissy Eggleston, Kathleen Rosenbloom, Sigitas Sniras, Darius Gylys, and many other artists, designers and celebrities.

Alan ChinJuly 13, 2017

Alan ChinJuly 13, 2017

GOLDEN NUGGET SHOES, 2015 Sperry Top Siders, Foam, Spray Paint.

Alan ChinDecember 24, 2016

Alan ChinDecember 24, 2016

Alan ChinDecember 24, 2016

Alan ChinDecember 24, 2016

Alan ChinDecember 24, 2016

Alan ChinDecember 24, 2016

Alan ChinDecember 24, 2016

Alan ChinDecember 24, 2016

The Possible , an experimental exhibition at the  Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive , January 29 — May 25, 2014. A diverse group of artists collaborated to design, facilitate, and work within a series of creative platforms including: a ceramics studio, a printshop, a dye lab and textile studio, a library, an outdoor shower, a recording studio, The Something space for sound/video/movement, the Domestic Integrities rug performance and gathering space, and a group gallery installation. The exhibition took the form of a group residency and public workshop series with the museum acting as a center for artistic exchange. Curated by David Wilson, Kori Alexander Gerard, and Larry Rinder

Alan ChinDecember 24, 2016

Alan ChinDecember 24, 2016

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BEYOND TRADITION: BAY AREA LEGACIES AT THE RICHMOND ART CENTER “DAY AT THE PARK: A JOURNEY TO FIND MY BUDD Beyond Tradition: Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center, Part II Sept 17 – Nov 12, 2011 Curated by Emily Anderson and Anthony Pinata. 2011 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California. Mar 29 – Jun 10 Beyond Tradition: Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center Curated by Anthony Pinata In celebration of the Richmond Art Center's 75th Anniversary, this exhibition features the work of recognized artists that have been a part of the center's history.  Sat, May 7 Beyond Tradition panel discussions: 1 – 2:30 Phil Linhares, Tom Marioni, Michael Schwager 3 – 4:30 Bruce Beasley, Joseph Slusky, William Wareham,  Carl Worth

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About the Book In 2011, the Richmond Art Center (also known as RAC and located in Richmond, California) had a two part exhibit titled "Beyond Tradition: Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center". Anthony Pinata, then RAC Facilities Manager and Exhibitions Assistant, curated the first part, and with the help of then RAC Exhibitions Director Emily Anderson, co-curated the second iteration. The exhibits highlighted 110 artists who exhibited at or were affiliated with the center from the 1950s to the early 2000s. This exhibit catalogue contains not only images of the exhibit, but also testimonials by the participating artists, former curators, and introductory statements by legendary curator Peter Selz and Richmond-based artist John Wehrle. The latter part of the book has a selected list of RAC exhibits from 1951 to 2010 which gives a window into yesteryear when many now famous Bay Area artists frequently participated in exhibits. Author website http://www.anthonypinata.com