https://yanjin.art Yan Jin Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:58:51 +0000 https://yanjin.art en https://yanjin.art/Header Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:33:48 +0000 Yan Jin https://yanjin.art/Header YAN&nbsp; JIN https://yanjin.art/cremeschnitte-1 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:33:48 +0000 Yan Jin https://yanjin.art/cremeschnitte-1 Cremeschnitte Installation 2025 <img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f304dd005014f9905e6126b62e3208666b0ab70e8cb557151b9f26edad9bf9ea/_MG_7704-copy.jpg" data-mid="251639035" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f304dd005014f9905e6126b62e3208666b0ab70e8cb557151b9f26edad9bf9ea/_MG_7704-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/807239402defb754326a659bef7ecc69dec8fe11b0288e85ba91017548eea6a6/_MG_7713-copy.jpg" data-mid="251639117" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/807239402defb754326a659bef7ecc69dec8fe11b0288e85ba91017548eea6a6/_MG_7713-copy.jpg" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1201f53e909470746a248f01e87a110f48dfe4f974b345609b85d6f1a4f8d6a/_MG_7703-copy.jpg" data-mid="251639116" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1201f53e909470746a248f01e87a110f48dfe4f974b345609b85d6f1a4f8d6a/_MG_7703-copy.jpg" /> <img width="5200" height="3467" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/773169cdd6dbd5dabe57363f81af96d63fbb58963b7942c53ba99dafb2bdb73f/_MG_7729-copy.jpg"> <img width="4957" height="3304" width_o="4957" height_o="3304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d537b6f29cfd2efa4fc5fb0913d589b8fab4b745034231c8320dec33b222e71f/_MG_7648-copy.jpg" data-mid="251639488" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d537b6f29cfd2efa4fc5fb0913d589b8fab4b745034231c8320dec33b222e71f/_MG_7648-copy.jpg" /> <img width="5200" height="3467" width_o="5200" height_o="3467" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/773169cdd6dbd5dabe57363f81af96d63fbb58963b7942c53ba99dafb2bdb73f/_MG_7729-copy.jpg" data-mid="251639679" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/773169cdd6dbd5dabe57363f81af96d63fbb58963b7942c53ba99dafb2bdb73f/_MG_7729-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3199" height="4799" width_o="3199" height_o="4799" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7d24e9e883e4a14532282dbf748ca2dc3e31828d868d0fb20f4840dbe1112e8/_MG_7680-copy.jpg" data-mid="251639799" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7d24e9e883e4a14532282dbf748ca2dc3e31828d868d0fb20f4840dbe1112e8/_MG_7680-copy.jpg" /> This project explores the notion that language, an encrypted code system, often unwittingly serves as a means to distinguish one group of people from another. It examines the naming of cremeschnitte as a shibboleth for identification, representing at the same time inclusion and exclusion.By deconstructing cremeschnitte and withholding its name, the installation reassembles its meanings - no longer a singular dessert, but a cultural structure layered with collective and personal history - inviting viewers to reflect on how shared traditions are continually remade through the personal, the political, and the material. https://yanjin.art/cremeschnitte-book Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:33:49 +0000 Yan Jin https://yanjin.art/cremeschnitte-book Cremeschnitte Book 2025 <img width="3900" height="3300" width_o="3900" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6a4e77f6563f94147297751520990f2c34f94fdbe0b52f4784f410536a8155c/Jin_Cremeschnitte_TXT_03.18.24-53.jpg" data-mid="251642455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6a4e77f6563f94147297751520990f2c34f94fdbe0b52f4784f410536a8155c/Jin_Cremeschnitte_TXT_03.18.24-53.jpg" /> <img width="3900" height="3300" width_o="3900" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/263efc65fadfe239c4448d6a266c2beff97368fc73ba98a925ed29434d9c2aba/Jin_Cremeschnitte_TXT_03.128.24-32.jpg" data-mid="251642453" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/263efc65fadfe239c4448d6a266c2beff97368fc73ba98a925ed29434d9c2aba/Jin_Cremeschnitte_TXT_03.128.24-32.jpg" /> <img width="3900" height="3300" width_o="3900" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c633845a081a37199d4f1fde229c8591c2a1d62deca1a78d16acb7bc2a97b82/Jin_Cremeschnitte_TXT_13.18.24-18-copy.jpg" data-mid="251642476" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c633845a081a37199d4f1fde229c8591c2a1d62deca1a78d16acb7bc2a97b82/Jin_Cremeschnitte_TXT_13.18.24-18-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3900" height="3300" width_o="3900" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9db1cd63974cd39f18dfbc04a5a74f1dd8f5b02aa2e175f84b21630eebb76ad/Jin_Cremeschnitte_TXT_03.18.24-78-copy.jpg" data-mid="251642479" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9db1cd63974cd39f18dfbc04a5a74f1dd8f5b02aa2e175f84b21630eebb76ad/Jin_Cremeschnitte_TXT_03.18.24-78-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3900" height="3300" width_o="3900" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17f82c8440fd2ec3338706320d8e6e5a8c46fc5617e851cad4f2c4b4e1aa07e6/Jin_Cremeschnitte_TXT_203.18.24-30-copy.jpg" data-mid="251642474" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/17f82c8440fd2ec3338706320d8e6e5a8c46fc5617e851cad4f2c4b4e1aa07e6/Jin_Cremeschnitte_TXT_203.18.24-30-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3900" height="3300" width_o="3900" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0fcb987a1c9c9733a0d47a269a9f1ce45e4c3f5b8c0773f5df0de4b39fe182a/Jin_Cremeschnitte_TXT_03.18.24-45.jpg" data-mid="251642457" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0fcb987a1c9c9733a0d47a269a9f1ce45e4c3f5b8c0773f5df0de4b39fe182a/Jin_Cremeschnitte_TXT_03.18.24-45.jpg" /> CREMESCHNITTE is a book exploring the dialectical relationship between languages, cultures and geopolitics. Together with video CREMESCHNITTE, it is part of my continuing project CREMESCHNITTE.Published by Interlocutor Press, New YorkA5 5.5 x 8 inches82 PagesISBN: 978-0-9973030-2-5Limited editions and printed with high quality Shiro Echo recycled paper. https://yanjin.art/little-lies-and-counterweight Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:43:14 +0000 Yan Jin https://yanjin.art/little-lies-and-counterweight little lies and counterweight Installation 2023 <img width="5297" height="3532" width_o="5297" height_o="3532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eff4a2d362ea8e3a0998aecb72fe1d0c049a79476778346c175feb016bffb974/pr-photo-yan-jin.jpg" data-mid="251642491" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eff4a2d362ea8e3a0998aecb72fe1d0c049a79476778346c175feb016bffb974/pr-photo-yan-jin.jpg" /> <img width="6165" height="4110" width_o="6165" height_o="4110" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6460b537eeb4d23abe41d9e4a36ca2afa9027bc06c74e9f4cc89dd85c24eac63/2W5A7164-copy.jpg" data-mid="251642498" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6460b537eeb4d23abe41d9e4a36ca2afa9027bc06c74e9f4cc89dd85c24eac63/2W5A7164-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3675" height="5513" width_o="3675" height_o="5513" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e875e1acd70f10e879fc3f585d4faa006599c728b3907438fcb31d824620a84/2W5A7194-copy.jpg" data-mid="251642500" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e875e1acd70f10e879fc3f585d4faa006599c728b3907438fcb31d824620a84/2W5A7194-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3881" height="5821" width_o="3881" height_o="5821" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01f2e3254d719930d2f73394da6403bcbe83a8a932faec66506ad0ce4e576b85/2W5A7183-copy.jpg" data-mid="251642499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01f2e3254d719930d2f73394da6403bcbe83a8a932faec66506ad0ce4e576b85/2W5A7183-copy.jpg" /> <img width="6382" height="4316" width_o="6382" height_o="4316" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2bb515c7e89c1871cc6816f20883a7aa625bf70f4e0b04a7473d41e71e25445f/2W5A7197-copy.jpg" data-mid="251642497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2bb515c7e89c1871cc6816f20883a7aa625bf70f4e0b04a7473d41e71e25445f/2W5A7197-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1886" height="2832" width_o="1886" height_o="2832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/308c33e1b1c07b3321bda6a21405e034eb72f703ca0771ee0c25ffaec9cd6329/_L6A5889-Edit-copy-2.jpg" data-mid="251642496" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/308c33e1b1c07b3321bda6a21405e034eb72f703ca0771ee0c25ffaec9cd6329/_L6A5889-Edit-copy-2.jpg" /> little lies and counterweights is a set of counterweights produced with low-density foam, endowed to critique power and authority. Used to establish precise standards of measurement, counterweights belong to the worlds of trade, technics, and global politics. The counterweights here reference rules that are imposed and enforced by institutions and systems. With their distressed and eroded surfaces, her facsimiles mimic ruins, as if to comment on the erosion of hierarchies that once defined the society. The statement of the cylindrical forms lies in their inaccuracy, fakeness, and resistance to the precision and perfection for which the originals stand. https://yanjin.art/three-shadows Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:39:33 +0000 Yan Jin https://yanjin.art/three-shadows I DON'T WANT TO MAKE PHOTOGRAPHS ANYMORE Solo Exhibition 2023 <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc000a7f684191fd37ebe612d7aa8ed719a093c1eb5204151aea0759c1cfaae3/IMG_5381_s.jpg" data-mid="251642604" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc000a7f684191fd37ebe612d7aa8ed719a093c1eb5204151aea0759c1cfaae3/IMG_5381_s.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7dc369bfd59eb6d9c04c31a2e7878f00367a116938cfbc8d27e0c495899658e/IMG_5377_s.jpg" data-mid="251642609" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7dc369bfd59eb6d9c04c31a2e7878f00367a116938cfbc8d27e0c495899658e/IMG_5377_s.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80c90491baed8e131406dfc6bd0d7d297320cb9736cfb2ed048efc6e9c57e29c/IMG_5386_s.jpg" data-mid="251642608" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80c90491baed8e131406dfc6bd0d7d297320cb9736cfb2ed048efc6e9c57e29c/IMG_5386_s.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd5e45fffcadae0b7c6523ac08213504dd2db972952ddf53446d71ee266cd649/IMG_5380_s.jpg" data-mid="251642605" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd5e45fffcadae0b7c6523ac08213504dd2db972952ddf53446d71ee266cd649/IMG_5380_s.jpg" /> Three Shadows Photography Art Center 30 Dec 2023 - 4 Feb 2024 Xiamen, ChinaThe exhibition refers to a state of failure in expression and in interpretation. The title reflects a contradiction between the urge to document the world around us and the frustration of not being able to understanding its entirety. One of the interesting facts is that the Chinese and English versions of the title has slightly different meanings which also talks about the untranslatability and the unreliability in photography.The sequence of the photos represent a road trip which pays homage to James Joyce’s Ulysses. The modernist novel parallels Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey. In stead of a journey of ten years, his protagonist spent a random day in one city wandering and found himself in loneliness and anxiety. 
In this case, the exhibition is a parodic representation of our relationships with the modern society and photography as well. https://yanjin.art/floor_ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:58:51 +0000 Yan Jin https://yanjin.art/floor_ I SHOULD USE A LANGUAGE NOT TO BE BETRAYED Solo Exhibition 2023 <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c2bc5ca5058aea340198f5cee03bbd8c70042bc32bd28f0919b9c84109ac7af/10.jpg" data-mid="251642815" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c2bc5ca5058aea340198f5cee03bbd8c70042bc32bd28f0919b9c84109ac7af/10.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7bc74b50a049a3050a74cd92bc064f4e83647b5ef88ca56f4e98cadd047b7864/03.jpg" data-mid="251642827" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7bc74b50a049a3050a74cd92bc064f4e83647b5ef88ca56f4e98cadd047b7864/03.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dca8bf6ffcd88270d75a8ec15cb86e4f7052c7254e96eae51ab607e594429e50/13.jpg" data-mid="251642821" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dca8bf6ffcd88270d75a8ec15cb86e4f7052c7254e96eae51ab607e594429e50/13.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a914379a7b0a0c630fffbe9f162afb68b3e3509555f37f5a83066d5c354d2a59/07.jpg" data-mid="251642817" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a914379a7b0a0c630fffbe9f162afb68b3e3509555f37f5a83066d5c354d2a59/07.jpg" /> Floor_ Gallery 8 Nov 2023 - 13 Dec 2023&nbsp; Seoul, South KoreaI Should Use A Language Not To Be Betrayed traced back to a car crash and a strange encounter. Consisting of quasi-forensic scans and documents, snapshots taken during a road trip with dates, and monologues from unreliable narrators, this lens-based project implies the collapsing hierarchy between the experienced and the reconstructed. The sequence mirrors the contradiction of photography as on one hand, the most convincing and on the other hand, the most ambiguous when torn from the context. This title comes from a poem by Edward Thomas, who was killed on the battlefield of WWI. A telegram announcing his death is included in this project, together with a polaroid, typed notes, handwritten letters, and silkscreens, which are all transformed into inkjet prints, flattened and archived, establishing a shifting sign system where meanings are constantly generated and regenerated, inviting the viewers to look into the details and investigate what those pixels translate into. https://yanjin.art/A-Useful-Instruction-On-How-to-Nail-A-Book-Down-1 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:33:39 +0000 Yan Jin https://yanjin.art/A-Useful-Instruction-On-How-to-Nail-A-Book-Down-1 A Useful Instruction On How to Nail A Book Down Site specific installation 2022 <img width="1446" height="1439" width_o="1446" height_o="1439" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2844991f2f704ad19d84081399c5e1851d390f59646e6d6301e02996a2779357/9BCAB638-C606-4449-9B6E-B923004DE370.JPG" data-mid="251642515" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2844991f2f704ad19d84081399c5e1851d390f59646e6d6301e02996a2779357/9BCAB638-C606-4449-9B6E-B923004DE370.JPG" /> <img width="3570" height="5354" width_o="3570" height_o="5354" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18ce3f120af5a3effd892ee29753790acd5bd84f6a680c247fe3ff48e61625e6/-8810557956613293306__MG_8412.jpg" data-mid="251642509" border="0" data-scale="45" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18ce3f120af5a3effd892ee29753790acd5bd84f6a680c247fe3ff48e61625e6/-8810557956613293306__MG_8412.jpg" /> The installation A Useful Instruction On How to Nail A Book Down is a tongue-in-cheek demonstration of how meaning is generated between the interplay of presence and absence, signifier and signified. Six pages from Jorge Borges’ Other Inquisitions are torn up and replaced by various objects in the absence of the written words. The missing pages, the objects hidden in the balloons, the nailed and unflippable book, all these together form a labyrinth of the infinite long chain of meanings which continue to defer and expand. In the book, Borges wrote about a proposed universal language, a justification of suicide, a refutation of time, and the intricacies of linguistic forms. https://yanjin.art/copyright Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:19:05 +0000 Yan Jin https://yanjin.art/copyright Copyright © 2026 Yan Jin. All rights reserved.