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In 2013, Shin Gallery was inaugurated onto Orchard Street, a bustling hub of commerce and culture tucked into the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Since these early beginnings, the gallery鈥檚 ambition has been to display boundary-pushing, innovative exhibitions by bolstering rediscovered, marginalized, and enterprising young artists often neglected by the annals of mainstream art history. Simultaneously, Shin Gallery has deeply valued the mode of art presentation, appreciating how artworks exceed the threshold of the painting鈥檚 frame or a sculpture鈥檚 edges. For instance, in 2015 the gallery was converted into a seedy, neon-lit massage parlor, dovetailing the corporeal photography of Viennese Actionist artist Rudolf Schwarzkogler with Nobuyoshi Araki鈥檚 monochrome erotic works. Shin Gallery has also enthusiastically patronized artists who uphold a singular vision, exemplified by the gallery鈥檚 providing studio spaces for artists like the 鈥淕odfather of Street Art鈥�, Richard Hambleton. What unifies these assorted threads is Shin Gallery鈥檚 unwavering interest in celebrating art as a public utility for the community, rather than as a rarefied and lofty luxury circumscribed to a select elite. As Shin Gallery continues to grow into the future, we will persevere in celebrating diverse narratives and inventive installations, bringing the community together to revere in a common love of art.

2022 marks Shin Gallery鈥檚 10-year anniversary. In honor of this critical milestone, we have decided to put on a special show. In keeping with the gallery鈥檚 ethos, this exhibition will showcase the work of both overlooked and renowned artists. Evoking a museum showcase, the exhibition will utilize the three gallery rooms to proffer a wide-ranging narrative that juxtaposes renowned and rare works with those of emerging contemporary voices. The first room will traverse drawings from both Old Masters and Modernist bastions. The second room will recreate the apartment of gallery owner and art collector Hong Gyu Shin, displaying intimate works from his variegated personal collection. The third and final room, made up in salon-style, will be adorned by both figurative and abstract paintings.

The first room focuses on drawing, traversing a multitude of movements from Rococo to Abstract Expressionism. Moving through centuries of art history, this room features Fran莽ois Boucher's decorative scenographies, pairing these 18th century pastoral works with expressionist pieces. Trekking through almost three centuries, this room will also feature drawings by Marisol Escobar, Ernest Mancoba, Fran莽ois Boucher, Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, and Vilhelm Hammersh酶i. Spearheading a nonstandard approach to curatorship, these works thoroughly probe the medium of drawing by unspooling varied, unconventional approaches while mending them into dialogue. For two weeks, Shin Gallery will also present a Donatello sculpture in this room鈥攊ndeed, this is a rare opportunity to see the Florentine Renaissance master鈥檚 work on display in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where Donatello鈥檚 works have never previously been exhibited.