Sorting the Rats

Candice Lin

Sorting the Rats, 202045.72 x 60.96cmSign in to view price
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oil paint and lard on wood panelFrançois Ghebaly
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The artwork depicts a striking scene of two men working intently on a large, fluid surface. The colors are dominated by earthy tones, with the men's yellow and grey clothing contrasting against the deep blue hues of the central composition. The overall style and brushwork suggest an expressionist or post-impressionist technique, capturing a sense of dynamism and intensity in the men's focused movements. The artwork likely explores themes of manual labor, industrial processes, or the relationship between humans and the natural world, reflecting the artist's intention to capture a moment of working-class toil within a larger social or environmental context. ...

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Candice Lin
Artist
Candice Lin
B.1979, American

Candice Lin works among multidisciplinary media, such as sculpture and video, which explores complex themes of cultural, gender, and racial disparities, uncontrolled sexualities, and non-normative behavior. Her work critiques the permeable nature of delineations, employing transformative materials to highlight the fluidity of boundaries: a sculptural tableau of a tar-coated cornfield seamlessly transitioning into a hirsute, black pig, digital reinterpretations of Mapplethorpe’s Black Book nudes metamorphosed into Martian geological forms, and a life-sized cockroach with an iridescent, spaceship-like shell punctuated with silicone vaginas, oozing suggestively. Lin's work orbits the themes of the fluidity and malleability of the boundaries between the self and the other. It further scrutinizes how Western ideologies of self-identity exert influence on power dynamics inherent within conceptions of individualism, selfhood, liberty, and differentiation. Through her exploration of marginalized histories and the legacies of colonialism, along with the materials that bridge them, her work threads together disparate narratives of migration, biological warfare, and the colonial relationships of Britain and America with China. ...

Candice Lin: Artworks
Seeping, Rotting, Resting, Weeping
Candice Lin
Seeping, Rotting, Resting, Weeping, 2021
Minoritarian Medicine
Candice Lin
Minoritarian Medicine, 2020
65 x 61 x 15.9cm
Chinatown, Honolulu
Candice Lin
Chinatown, Honolulu, 1900
45.72 x 60.96cm
Sorting the Rats
Candice Lin
Sorting the Rats, 2020
45.72 x 60.96cm
Witness (Blue Version)
Candice Lin
Witness (Blue Version), 2019
195.58 x 60.96 x 40.64cm
Witness (Yellow Version)
Candice Lin
Witness (Yellow Version), 2019
172.72 x 71.12 x 40.64cm
Saccharum officinarum
Candice Lin
Saccharum officinarum, 2018
29.84 x 23.5cm
Fouquieria splendens
Candice Lin
Fouquieria splendens, 2018
33.02 x 26.67 x 3.81cm
Coevolution by Traumatic Insemination: Bedbug
Candice Lin
Coevolution by Traumatic Insemination: Bedbug, 2015
148.59 x 91.44 x 4.44cm
Seated Seer (Censer)
Candice Lin
Seated Seer (Censer), 2020
35.56 x 17.78 x 17.78cm
Future Sarcophagus
Candice Lin
Future Sarcophagus, 2020
128.9 x 182.88 x 90.8cm
System for a Stain
Candice Lin
System for a Stain, 2016
The Worm Husband (Our Father)
Candice Lin
The Worm Husband (Our Father), 2016
61 x 31 x 150cm
The Tea Table
Candice Lin
The Tea Table, 2016
74 x 63cm
A Warner for Survivalists: White Gold
Candice Lin
A Warner for Survivalists: White Gold, 2016
45 x 45 x 160cm
The Roots of Industry
Candice Lin
The Roots of Industry, 2016
62 x 75cm
Physiologus
Candice Lin
Physiologus, 2016
17 x 16 x 4.5cm
Lithium Time Clock
Candice Lin
Lithium Time Clock, 2023
20.5 x 20.5 x 2.5cm
"Coolie capers to honor Chinese Bandits are performed by L.S.U. coeds at half time at game against Rice", Life Magazine, 1959
Candice Lin
"Coolie capers to honor Chinese Bandits are performed by L.S.U. coeds at half time at game against Rice", Life Magazine, 1959, 2021
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Gonads Vessel (Striped Cat Demon)
Candice Lin
Gonads Vessel (Striped Cat Demon), 2020
24.13 x 11.43 x 19.05cm
A Robot Spoke What My Father Wrote
Candice Lin
A Robot Spoke What My Father Wrote, 2019
243.84 x 914.4 x 152.4cm
Despacho for Chinese Coolie Laborers
Candice Lin
Despacho for Chinese Coolie Laborers, 2018
30.48 x 101.6 x 25.4cm
Clairvoyant Testosterone
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Clairvoyant Testosterone, 2016
12.7 x 7.62 x 5.08cm
Animal Within the Animal
Candice Lin
Animal Within the Animal, 2015
83.82 x 65.4 x 6.98cm
The Roots of Industry
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The Roots of Industry, 2016
62 x 75cm
The Tea Table
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The Tea Table, 2016
62 x 75cm
Castration Is Still Possible
Candice Lin
Castration Is Still Possible, 2023
106.7 x 92.7 x 10.2cm
Ball Juice
Candice Lin
Ball Juice, 2023
106.7 x 92.7 x 10.2cm
Everything You Want to Eat
Candice Lin
Everything You Want to Eat, 2023
106.7 x 92.7 x 10.2cm
Anal Fog
Candice Lin
Anal Fog, 2023
48.3 x 40.6 x 5.1cm
Campfire Castration
Candice Lin
Campfire Castration, 2023
48.3 x 40.6 x 5.1cm
Frog flask
Candice Lin
Frog flask, 2024
15 x 10 x 6.5cm
Two buddies
Candice Lin
Two buddies, 2024
9.5 x 19 x 9.5cm
Cat-demon bell
Candice Lin
Cat-demon bell, 2024
20.5 x 11 x 8.5cm
Cat-dog demon
Candice Lin
Cat-dog demon, 2024
26.7 x 16.5 x 20.3cm
Toad flask
Candice Lin
Toad flask, 2024
12.5 x 8.5 x 4.5cm
Country life
Candice Lin
Country life, 2024
9.5 x 14.5 x 10cm
Sleepless
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Sleepless, 2024
11 x 14 x 7.5cm
Bondage trophy (submission)
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Bondage trophy (submission), 2024
16.5 x 7.6 x 5.7cm
Transition Demon
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Transition Demon, 2023
45.5 x 28.5 x 26.5cm
Pretty prancers, led by dancing mascot tiger strut proudly," Life Magazine,
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François Ghebaly
Gallery
François Ghebaly
Los Angeles, New York City

Since 2009, François Ghebaly has presented an innovative, eclectic program of Los Angeles-based and international artists. With a history of identifying and championing diverse voices and emerging talent, the gallery’s roster has grown to include 27 artists and 2 artist estates, ranging from early career, such as Sharif Farrag and Ludovic Nkoth, to mid-career, like Christine Sun Kim, Meriem Bennani, Kelly Akashi, Farah Al Qasimi, and Genesis Belanger, to well established, including Sayre Gomez, Kathleen Ryan, Neïl Beloufa and Candice Lin as well as underground legends, like Patrick Jackson and Mike Kuchar. The gallery advances the reach of its artists’ visions by publishing exhibition catalogues and producing artist editions. Located since 2013 in a 12,000 square foot warehouse space in Downtown Los Angeles, the gallery is a mainstay of the burgeoning Arts District community, and recently expanded to New York's Lower East Side. François Ghebaly’s program demonstrates a commitment to challenging work across all media and to fostering the progressive, boundary-pushing practices of its artists. ...

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