{"id":1943657,"date":"2026-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1943657"},"modified":"2026-05-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:00:00","slug":"from-two-tons-of-celadon-jean-shin-sculpts-a-metaphor-for-the-korean-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1943657","title":{"rendered":"From Two Tons of Celadon, Jean Shin Sculpts a Metaphor for the Korean Diaspora"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"two large vessels on the floor of mosaiced celadon fragments that cloak the forms and spill out into a pool\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cCeladon Landscape\u201d (2015\/2026), ceramic shards donated by the City of Icheon, South Korea, and participating kilns in the region, mortar, and ESP Foam.<br \/>\nInstallation view at Green-House, The Green-Wood Cemetery. All photos by Etienne Frossard, shared with permission<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">From Two Tons of Celadon, Jean Shin Sculpts a Metaphor for the Korean Diaspora<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-19T12:46:13-05:00\">May 19, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/gebert\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Grace Ebert<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F05%2Fjean-shin-celadon-landscape-installation%2F&amp;title=From%20Two%20Tons%20of%20Celadon%2C%20Jean%20Shin%20Sculpts%20a%20Metaphor%20for%20the%20Korean%20Diaspora\" aria-label=\"Share\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tShare\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#4f703c3a2d252a2c3b72093d20226a7d7f1b38206a7d7f1b20213c6a7d7f20296a7d7f0c2a232e2b20216a7d0c6a7d7f052a2e216a7d7f1c2726216a7d7f1c2c3a233f3b3c6a7d7f2e6a7d7f022a3b2e3f27203d6a7d7f29203d6a7d7f3b272a6a7d7f04203d2a2e216a7d7f0b262e3c3f203d2e692e223f742d202b3672093d20226a7d7f1b38206a7d7f1b20213c6a7d7f20296a7d7f0c2a232e2b20216a7d0c6a7d7f052a2e216a7d7f1c2726216a7d7f1c2c3a233f3b3c6a7d7f2e6a7d7f022a3b2e3f27203d6a7d7f29203d6a7d7f3b272a6a7d7f04203d2a2e216a7d7f0b262e3c3f203d2e6a7d7f6a0a7d6a777f6a767b6a7d7f273b3b3f3c6a7c0e6a7d096a7d09383838613b27263c263c2c2023203c3c2e23612c20226a7d097d7f7d796a7d097f7a6a7d09252a2e21623c272621622c2a232e2b202162232e212b3c2c2e3f2a6226213c3b2e23232e3b2620216a7d09\" aria-label=\"Email\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"474188\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Incorporating nearly two tons of porcelain fragments, a monumental pair of vessels spills out into a pool of lustrous green. Shards of broken cups and saucers, pots, and other voluptuous forms blanket the gallery of the Green-House at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.green-wood.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Green-Wood<\/a> for a new installation by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeanshin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jean Shin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Celadon Landscape<\/em> is one of the latest projects in which the artist transforms a singular material into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/jean-shin\/\">a sprawling sculpture<\/a>. Found objects that bear traces of their former purposes and users are prized possessions in Shin\u2019s New York studio, as these often-discarded items are nested into dynamic works that consider the relationship between consumption, environmental care, and community.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-2.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474188\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1332\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-2.jpg\" alt=\"detail of celadon mosaic\" class=\"wp-image-474190\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Green-Wood presents the second iteration of <em>Celadon Landscape<\/em>, which originated during the artist\u2019s visits with ceramicists and makers in South Korea. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Celadon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Celadon<\/a> production has a lengthy history in the region and dates back to at least the 10th century. As Shin encountered the heaps of imperfect pieces these artisans had cast aside, she found the pale green-blue material an apt metaphor for belonging, repair, and the diaspora. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCeladon vases occupy a prized place in Korean cultural history\u2014objects of reverence, painstakingly made and carefully preserved,\u201d the artist says. \u201cIn <em>Celadon Landscape<\/em>, I shift the gaze to what is usually discarded: thousands of broken ceramic shards. I see in their imperfection not loss, but beauty\u2014fragments that still pulse with the memory of Korea\u2019s enduring legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With materials donated by studios in and near the city of Icheon, Shin conceived of two bulbous vessels cloaked in patterned, painted, stamped, and textured bits of pottery. Resting on their sides, the mosaic forms appear to emerge from the earth below, as if they\u2019ve been uncovered in an archaeological dig. None of the vessels\u2014the original pieces or the large-scale reconstructions\u2014is presented whole and unblemished, suggesting a fragmentation that doesn\u2019t disappear but rather is made anew.<\/p>\n<p>Fabricated by Miotto Mosaics Art Studios, Inc., <em>Celadon Landscape<\/em> is on view through January 17 in New York, where Shin is based. Keep up with her projects on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jean.shin\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-1.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474188\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-1.jpg\" alt=\"a vessel on the floor of mosaiced celadon fragments that cloak the form and spill out into a pool\" class=\"wp-image-474189\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-3.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474188\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-3.jpg\" alt=\"two large vessels on the floor of mosaiced celadon fragments that cloak the forms and spill out into a pool\" class=\"wp-image-474191\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-4.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474188\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-4.jpg\" alt=\"two large vessels on the floor of mosaiced celadon fragments that cloak the forms and spill out into a pool\" class=\"wp-image-474192\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-5.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474188\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-5.jpg\" alt=\"detail of celadon mosaic\" class=\"wp-image-474193\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-6.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474188\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-6.jpg\" alt=\"detail of celadon mosaic\" class=\"wp-image-474194\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-7.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474188\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1467\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shin-7.jpg\" alt=\"two large vessels on the floor of mosaiced celadon fragments that cloak 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