Yong Sin at the Torrance Art Museum

I neglected to mention one of my favourite institutions in my “weekend openings” post, and I’d like to rectify the situation.  The Torrance Art Museum had a trio of really great shows opening last night, photos of all to come.  These images are of Yong Sin’s show, Rule Out, in the “hallway gallery” – a space that often seems to feature some of my favourite South Bay artists.

Yong Sin is awesome.  The last body of work that she exhibited consisted of sheets of intricately hand painted wallpaper, managing to be simultaneously amazing and mundane.  Her 80 square foot foyer played host to what I thought was one of the strongest curated small works shows I’ve ever seen.

Above – Red Square Installation, as installed at the Torrance Art Museum.  My color on this image is a little off, as it’s more “red” in real life, but it was a weird shot to take.  The white lines are entirely composed of thin tape.  The pink and green action in the background is Fran Siegel’s installation.  More photos of that later.

Above – Red Square Installation, detail.  This piece, for all of it’s potential for monotony, was surprisingly easy to spend a lot of time in front of.

Above – Square 73. I guess what I like about these pieces is how they seem like lowbrow (and not in the Robert Williams sense) re-interpretation of what is often a very dry school of painting.  There’s something about Yong Sin’s work, in general, that seems to express a certain disrespect for the academic arrogance sometimes associated with painting.

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