DAVID ZINK YI
NEUSILBER (NEW SILVER)

MUSÉE D‘ART MODERNE GRAND-DUC JEAN, LUXEMBOURG
30 JANUARY 2010 – 6 SEPTEMBER 2020

The sculptures are reproductions of the palm tree species Washingtonia robusta; the original lines innumerable roads, esplanades, and walkways in metropolitan areas in the southern United States. Zink Yi shrinks the tree to a height of 11.5 feet to allow for an unwonted hands-on experience of the tree, whose sharp-edged and delicate leaves are otherwise well beyond human reach. Palm trees of this kind, which the artist often arranges in ensembles, have been on view at Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, MUDAM, Luxembourg, and KAI 10, Dusseldorf amongst others.NEUSILBER, 2009
stainless steel, two parts
Height 390, Ø 90 cm; height 153 1/2, Ø 35 1/2 in
each unique

© Images MUDAM, Musée d‘Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg

FEATURED ARTIST

DAVID ZINK YI
David Zink Yi (b. 1973 in Lima, Peru) lives and works in Berlin. He explores the body as a site of identity, memory, and transformation, engaging with a wide range of media in the process. From video and sculpture to ceramics, sound, and performance, his art reflects his complex heritage. As a descendant of Indigenous Peruvians, as well as Chinese, Italian, and German immigrants, his own body – situated at the intersection of diverse cultural identities – becomes a focal point in his practice. Zink Yi’s earliest works focused on self-reflection, using the camera to develop a form of self-ethnography. This approach later evolved into a prot...
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