Mel Chin
Disputed Territories
Until 12 December 2010
On Sunday the 14th of November Mel Chin will give a lecture at 15.00 hr. Please book seats in advance: info [at] hetdomein.nl or +31 46 4513460.
Museum Het Domein Sittard
Kapittelstraat 6
6131 ER Sittard
The Netherlands
www.hetdomein.nl
For roughly 35 years, Mel Chin (Houston, Texas, 1951) has been developing a unique, socially engaged and self-willed body of work in which cultural diversity and global solidarity play an important role. In Europe, his work has not received the recognition that it has in the United States. In his art, Chin gets at the important questions of his time. His works can be characterized as “sculptural witnesses to ecological and political tragedies.” Whether examining American imperialism in Central America, September 11, the fate of the Native American Indians, civil wars in postcolonial Africa, abuse at Guantanamo Bay, the extinction of animal species, or the way in which people pollute their natural resources, Chin creates intelligent and penetrating works with the compactness and impact of aphorism. Every new project he tackles leads to a surprising turn in his work. His project Revival Field, perhaps his most well-known work, has made him one of the most important pioneers of ecological art. With his activist view of art, he seeks the edges of the discipline and creates an arena in which social and (geo)political themes can be coupled with ideas from philosophy, biology, history, religion, anthropology, literature, and alchemy. Chin not only opens up an interdisciplinary discourse and possibilities for change with his work, but he also gives it an exciting form that often appeals to the various senses.
Further information and visuals can be found in the press room, in the museum’s homepage: www.hetdomein.nl. Or contact Karin Adams or Roel Arkesteijn. Tel. +31 46 4513460; karin.adams@hetdomein.nl, roel.arkesteijn@hetdomein.nl
