On the seventh floor, Jean Shin’s work celebrates everyday tasks attempted and completed at Praise Shadow Gallery. At first glance, you think it’s just a display of trophies with blown-up up detailed photos of them, shiny but not noteworthy. These were not newly made trophies created by the artist, but rather found ones, the plaques on each one giving away their previous intended purpose; a screw driver held up high, a man running to deliver mail, a 1998 Girls Soccer Championship—everyday achievements. Trophies like these find themselves discarded over time, and the pride associated with them fades. Shin gives them new life with a common twist that anyone can relate to...
