Jean Shin's site-specific installation has been created from hundreds of broken black umbrellas that were abandoned on the streets of New York City and collected by the artist. The fabric umbrella "skins" have been removed from their structures and sewn together to form an enormous shroud-like cloth. Suspended overhead from the trunks of three large trees, the canopy becomes a sculpture that shifts and undulates in response to the wind and the movement of the trees while creating a dancing pattern of shadows on the ground below.

Jean Shin was born in Seoul, South Korea and now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Shin has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and abroad. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award and a NYFA Fellowship in Sculpture.

Penumbra will be on view through August 10, 2003.