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Yin Xiuzhen 尹秀珍

born 1963, Beijing
works Beijing
Yin Xiuzhen (born 1963, Beijing) graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Capital Normal University, Beijing, in 1989. Her work explores globalisation and urbanisation. Yin lives and works in Beijing.
Works by Yin Xiuzhen include Installation, Video, Sound, Sculpture, Photography and Performance.

There are 4 objects by Yin Xiuzhen from the M+ Sigg Collection available online.

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Photograph of a small pile of snow melted from a stack of ice bricks. A group of people are washing the snow.
Photograph of a small pile of snow melted from a stack of ice bricks. A group of people are washing the snow.

‘Washing River’: A Performance That Brings About Social Change

Can art catalyse social change? Yin Xiuzhen used her performance ‘Washing River’ to directly present environmental issues to the audience.
4 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Article
Film still showing a man in a suit standing before a row of large paintings. The oil painting in the foreground depicts men and women on snow-covered ground, smiling and flushed as they lean forward to move a section of an aqueduct. A figure on the viewer's right holds up a green flag. The partially completed aqueduct forms the backdrop in the upper half.
Film still showing a man in a suit standing before a row of large paintings. The oil painting in the foreground depicts men and women on snow-covered ground, smiling and flushed as they lean forward to move a section of an aqueduct. A figure on the viewer's right holds up a green flag. The partially completed aqueduct forms the backdrop in the upper half.

Inside ‘M+ Sigg Collection: From Revolution to Globalisation’

Join curators Pi Li, Wu Mo, and Isabella Tam on a virtual tour of the exhibition ‘M+ Sigg Collection: From Revolution to Globalisation’
27 mins: 
M+ Exhibitions  /  Video
A wooden chest sits open on the floor displaying a neatly folded pink shirt embedded in a block of cement.
A wooden chest sits open on the floor displaying a neatly folded pink shirt embedded in a block of cement.

Yin Xiuzhen: Dress Box

Wu Hung traces Yin Xiuzhen's affinity for working with old clothing, cement, and suitcases
6 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Article

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