“Safehouse” (2008), a sculpture by Mel Chin, is an existing home
in New
Orleans refurbished with steel, wood and paint. Part of Chin’s
Fundred Dollar Bill Project, it stores 6,000 fundred dollar bills.
The South Carolina Governor’s School in Greenville, SC presents:
Mel Chin
Artist Lecture
October 9, 5:30- 7 p.m.
Smith Hall
Houston native Mel Chin is an internationally known artist who explores the ways art can provoke greater social awareness and responsibility. Though classically trained, Chin’s art, which is both analytical and poetic, evades easy classification. Alchemy, botany, and ecology are a few of the disciplines that intersect in his work. He insinuates art into unlikely places, including destroyed homes, toxic landfills, and even popular television. Unconventional and politically engaged, his projects also challenge the idea of the artist as the exclusive creative force behind an artwork. Chin received a BA from Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1975, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1988 and 1990.
Chin once stated: “Making objects and marks is also about making possibilities, making choices—and that is one of the last freedoms we have. To provide that is one of the functions of art."
The Fundred Dollar Bill Project
Unseen lead contamination in our residential environments puts hundreds of thousands of children at risk for lead poisoning. Fundred is making this threat visible, creatively engaging all of us to be part of the solution. Contribute your creativity! Draw your Fundred today! Fundred is evolving, exciting news coming soon!
This event if FREE and open to the public. MAP to The South Carolina Governor’s School in Greenville, SC.
