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| | Mythodical: An Online Discussion with Eleen Lin, Luchia Meihua Lee and Samuel Otter |
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| | (L to R) Eleen Lin, Luchia Meihua Lee, Samuel Otter |
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| | In our current exhibition, Mythodical, on view at C24 Gallery through May 4th, paintings by Eleen Lin are paired with ceramic sculptural work by Tammie Rubin, bringing to life an assortment of takes on the related themes of mythology, communication, spirituality, mysticism, consumer culture, and the long journeys taken by immigrants, seekers, and explorers of truth, everywhere. To gain a closer look at the thorough process of these two accomplished artists, we’re planning a series of two Saturday afternoon, online panel discussions, on April 23rd and April 30th, both at 12:00pm EST. |
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| | Eleen Lin, Phantom of Life, 2019, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 72in. (122 x 183cm) |
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| | The first discussion, on April 23rd will be devoted to the work of Eleen Lin, whose paintings investigate seemingly endless nuances and associations inspired by a series of mistranslations from English into Mandarin of Herman Melville’s epic novel, Moby Dick. These works are part of Lin’s larger series, Mythopoeia, that she has been working on for the past eight years. The paintings are rich, colorful, surreal compositions of recognizable elements from the novel’s narrative, combined with mythological references and allusions to historical and current events, cultural artifacts, and global politics. |
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| | To deepen the discussion of Lin's paintings, we are bringing together two distinguished panelists, whose depth of experience will focus on two major aspects of Lin’s work. Samuel Otter is a Professor of English at the University of California at Berkeley, and a noted Melville scholar. He will bring to the conversation a more in-depth analysis of the literary aspects of Eleen’s work. Luchia Meihua Lee is the Executive Director/Curator of the Taiwanese American Arts Council. She'll be discussing the work from a cultural, political and spiritual perspective, based on her work with many Taiwanese American artists, as well as her extensive research in the area of Taoist philosophy. The panel will be co-moderated by C24’s Director and Curator, David C. Terry and Gallery Manager Deborah Oster Pannell. |
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| | Eleen Lin, Fluke, 2021, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24in. (91.4 x 61cm) |
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| | Luchia Meihua Lee-Howell is the founding Executive Director of the Taiwanese American Arts Council (TAAC). Residing in New York City since 1995, she has been an independent curator since 2002, and she has successfully curated many exhibitions and events along with a wide variety of lecture series at various museums, art organizations and galleries. Ms. Lee is co-editor of the book Zhang Hongtu: Expanding Visions of a Shrinking World,co-published by Duke University Press and Queens Museum. For over 10 years she researched Taoist philosophy, which with Buddhism and Confucianism forms the foundation of Taiwan’s and China’s culture. Ms. Lee received her M. Phil in the History of Art and Architecture at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland with a thesis on Insular art, with a focus on the use of new technology for the exhibition of Medieval manuscripts. She was Director and Chief Curator of the Exhibition Department of the National Taiwan Museum of Art, Cultural Specialist at the Council for Cultural Affairs (Cultural Ministry) in Taiwan, and Curator at CICC, TECO in NY, Taipei Gallery in New York City. Her exhibitions have received international media attention, including in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. She is committee member and art consultant for various organizations, and has served on art juries for several community art organizations. The non-profit TAAC builds bridges between communities, nationally and internationally through art and culture to deepen our senses of beauty, inspiration, and empathy. |
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| | Eleen Lin, Strange Shapes of the Unwarped Primal World, 2022 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 72 x 96in. (183 x 244cm) |
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| | Samuel Otter has taught in the English Department at the University of California at Berkeley since 1990. His research and teaching focus on nineteenth-century United States literatures. He has published Melville’s Anatomies, an analysis of how Melville, in his long fiction of the 1840s and 1850s, portrayed the ways in which meanings, particularly racial meanings, were abstracted from human bodies. In Philadelphia Stories, he examined narratives about race, character, manners, violence, and freedom in a range of works produced between 1790 and 1860 about Philadelphia and its “free” African American communities. These works regarded the city as a social laboratory in which possible futures for a post-slavery United States would be tested. He currently is working on a book titled Melville’s Forms, assessing the entire career (not only fiction but also poetry and prose/poetry experiments), in which he considers what Melville meant by, and so what 21st-century literary critics might more precisely mean by, the tiny, crucial term "form." This project has been supported by fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has co-edited Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville: Essays in Relation and Melville and Aesthetics. From 2014 until 2019, he served as the editor of Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies. To attend the April 30th 12:00pm zoom panel, use this link. For more information about works by Eleen Lin, click on the above images or email: info@c24gallery.com. |
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