Candice Lin’s Infected Mythologies
At a moment where the artworld is hyper-interested in ecological exhibitions of fungi and bacteria, Lin’s human and vegetal encounters evidence a deep fascination with how the historical can bleed into the contemporary moment
During the Black Plague there were Dutch pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela who were in the habit of wearing pewter badges featuring anthropomorphic vulvas and penises, often depicted riding horses and bearing sceptres. They believed that such charms would ward off disease and disaster. Now, these apotropaic genitals serve as inspiration for American artist Candice Lin’s recent phallic and vulvic installation for the Arnaldo Pomodoro Sculpture Prize at GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna, in Milan.
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