Dan Byers Bücher

Lin’s richly tactile installation meditates on the upheavals of 2020, drawing on complex material histories and speculative multispecies narratives This book chronicles the creation of a newly commissioned body of work by Los Angeles–based artist Candice Lin (born 1979) during the COVID-19 pandemic.Lin often investigates the legacies of colonialism by tracing the material histories of goods that circulated within global trade routes. For her Walker Art Center and Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts project, the artist brings together hand-dyed indigo textiles, plaster sculptures to be touched by visitors, large-scale ceramics partially inspired by Chinese tomb guardians and a hallucinogenic video featuring dancing cats and spam texts. Taken together, this multipart installation addresses the anxiety, isolation, fear and anger of this tragic year of pandemic and social upheaval, emphasizing touch, intimacy and a collective questioning of our precarious present and future.Texts explore Lin’s innovative use of materials and mediums and the theoretical frameworks that animate her art. A fully illustrated plates section documents the artist’s process of research, making and installation, and an annotated selection of Lin’s major past exhibitions provides important context for works made over the last decade.

The 2013 Carnegie International at Carnegie Museum of Art celebrates art as play, experimentation, and dissonance, embracing difference over the standardization of cultural production. This major exhibition of new international art includes an experimental playground project, a display of the museum's postwar art collection, and a pioneering engagement with Pittsburgh, positioning the event at the forefront of contemporary art. Curated by Daniel Baumann, Dan Byers, and Tina Kukielski, the catalogue offers extensive background on the exhibition's components, featuring never-before-published images of projects and artworks. It includes an expanded artist section with original interviews and in-depth texts on specific works by 35 artists from 19 countries across Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Featured artists include Ei Arakawa/Henning Bohl, Phyllida Barlow, Yael Bartana, Sadie Benning, and many more, showcasing a diverse range of perspectives and practices. This comprehensive approach highlights the dynamic nature of contemporary art and its ability to challenge conventions and inspire dialogue.