Speaking during a lecture In conjunction with the exhibition Jean Shin: Common Threads Nationally recognized for her monumental installations that transform castoff materials into elegant expressions of identity and community, Artist Jean Shin speaks about her ground breaking work. Shin employs a meticulous process of dismantling and alteration to create evocative sculptural installations that are composed of everything from worn shoes and lost socks to broken umbrellas and discarded lottery tickets. The resulting assemblages consist of hundreds, sometimes thousands, of seemingly identical objects gathered from friends, relatives, and perfect strangers. Joanna Marsh, American Art’s curator of contemporary art, said “By giving new life and restored purpose to forgotten objects, Shin shows us that value and beauty can be found in the most unexpected places.