CHEN Yanyin | Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
CHEN Yanyin | Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
The scenes that remain in memory after blooming and fading flowers change with multiple different emotions. The flourishing of flowers affects revelation, desire, and joy, while their disappearance evokes reflection, regret, and a sense of loss. Over time, as our moods and perspectives shift, these emotions transform and evolve into countless new states. This transformation is essential for the birth of new thoughts. Thus, the blooming, fading, and transformation of flowers represent a journey of beauty, sadness, and transcendence. The ballet of the motions evaluates the flower into an internal dance from the beginning of time to today, the flowers swirl two names each with opposite meanings ‘squish and stretch’, ‘push and pull’, ‘life and death’, ‘good and evil’, and so on in its existence to our eyes and minds. As a message says, ‘Life glimmers in sparkling flowers. This symbolic feeling of a flower holds the most meaningful and sacred patterns of our universe.’
Through a conscious use of visual and conceptual language Chen Yanyin objectifies her complex emotions related to life, love and womanhood. The works suggest a connection between emotional states and the broader cultural environment, between the body and the body politic. 'l am always searching' Chen says 'for the right form to express my emotions. In the process of exploration it is important for me to quieten my mind, get in touch with my inner self and awaken my own consciousness of symbols.’ —— Claire Roberts
Through a conscious use of visual and conceptual language Chen Yanyin objectifies her complex emotions related to life, love and womanhood. The works suggest a connection between emotional states and the broader cultural environment, between the body and the body politic. 'l am always searching' Chen says 'for the right form to express my emotions. In the process of exploration it is important for me to quieten my mind, get in touch with my inner self and awaken my own consciousness of symbols.’ —— Claire Roberts
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
CHEN Yanyin
8 Aug - 14 Sep 2024
Ground Floor, 317 Pacific Hwy, North Sydney NSW 2060
VIP PREVIEW
Thursday 8 Aug 2024
10 am - 6 pm
OPENING & MEET THE ARTIST
Saturday 10 Aug 2024
1 - 3 pm
FLOWERS TELL
CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.1
Ink on rice paper
33 x 33 cm sheet size
60 x 60 cm framed size
CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.2
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60 x 60 cm framed size
CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.3
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.4
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.5
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.6
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.7
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.8
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.9
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.10
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.11
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.12
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.13
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.14
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.15
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.16
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.17
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.18
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.19
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.20
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CHEN Yanyin
Flowers Tell No.21
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WHISPERS OF HEART
CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.1
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40 x 40 cm sheet size
60 x 60 cm framed size
CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.2
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.3
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.4
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.5
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.6
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.7
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.8
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.9
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60 x 60 cm framed size
CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.10
Ink on rice paper
40 x 40 cm sheet size
60 x 60 cm framed size
CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.11
Ink on rice paper
40 x 40 cm sheet size
60 x 60 cm framed size
CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.12
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40 x 40 cm sheet size
60 x 60 cm framed size
CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.13
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.14
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.15
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.16
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.17
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.18
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.19
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.20
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.21
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.22
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.23
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60 x 60 cm framed size
CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.24
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40 x 40 cm sheet size
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.25
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40 x 40 cm sheet size
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.26
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.27
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.28
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CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.29
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60 x 60 cm framed size
CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.30
Ink on rice paper
40 x 40 cm sheet size
60 x 60 cm framed size
CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.31
Ink on rice paper
40 x 40 cm sheet size
60 x 60 cm framed size
CHEN Yanyin
Whispers of Heart No.32
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40 x 40 cm sheet size
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Whispers of Heart No.33
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40 x 40 cm sheet size
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Appearing In This Exhibition
Yanyin Chen
Renowned sculptor CHEN Yanyin was born in Shanghai and is the creator of several urban sculptures in the city, including the “People’s Heroes Monument” on the Bund, the “Tree of Life” in the Pudong Free Trade Zone, and the “Broadcast Gymnastics” on Kongjiang Road. Born in the late 1950s, Yanyin’s works reflect her personal perspective of the era. From highly realistic sculptures to abstract expressions, her works resemble the gradually fading memories of the era and the childhood and youth memories of Chen as an individual in the tide of the times. Throughout her career, Chen has actively engaged in professional public art creation and also participated in various contemporary art exhibitions and activities both domestically and abroad. Her works have been exhibited in Copenhagen, Denmark (1996), Bonn, Germany (1998), Kassel, Germany (1998), Vancouver (1999), Singapore (2000), and the 3rd Shanghai Biennale (2000).
