About this episode

This episode features artist Jes Fan discussing their innovative sculptures and current exhibition.

Episode No. 763 is a summer clips episode featuring artist Jes Fan . The Yale University Art Gallery is presenting "Jes Fan: Unbounded" through June 28. The exhibition spotlights how Fan makes sculptures that combine elegant abstract forms with an experimental and innovative approach to materials. Fan's sculptures often explore the porousness of identity, and incorporate living matter, such hormones, and fluids, such as glass. Fan's work has been exhibited in the 2024 Whitney Biennial, the 2022 Venice Biennale, the 2021 New Museum Triennial at the New Museum, New York, the MIT List Visual Arts Center, the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, and more. As mentioned on the program: Stills from Fan's 2023 video Palimpsest . Byung-Chul Han's book Saving Beauty. For more images, see Episode No. 658.

People in this episode

Host: Tyler Green

Guest: Jes Fan

Topics covered

• art
• sculpture
• identity
• materials
• exhibition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yale University Art Gallery, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Contemporary Arts Center

Books & works: Jes Fan: Unbounded, Palimpsest, Saving Beauty

Places: Cincinnati

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