Evidence of Care

May 25–July 20, 2019
Track 16 Gallery
Los Angeles, CA

PRESS RELEASE
PRESS: ART TALK hosted by Edward Goldman
PRESS: LAWEEKLY interview with Shana Nys Dambrot

Excerpt from the press release:

Recognizing that our society is in the middle of an empathy chasm, "Evidence of Care" presents art objects that are a mirror of things that want to come back into existence, connecting us to a different time and place, and offering a possible evidence that we are capable of caring, compassion, and empathy.

This sense of excavating is central to Linn’s work. Relics that appear fragile, in the end, are rock strong. The physical cracks in her work become a window into the internal makeup of the vessels; a metaphor for strength and beauty; a testament of surrender. The work negotiates the delicate balance between the limits of the medium and how this is both symbolic for—and reflective of—life’s imperfections, which cannot be controlled. Each scratch, crack, or mark could suggest vulnerability, but in fact the work is sturdy and resilient, as each person is delicate, imperfect, but still survives with stalwart strength.