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Jeena Shin

JEENA SHIN

Time Crystal Two Rooms 15 August–27 September 2025 Auckland
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The paintings in Jeena Shin’s new exhibition, Time Crystal, meditate on quantum systems that repeat infinite patterns of motion over time. The title derives from recent theories in quantum physics that explore ‘new phases of matter’ understood as an oscillating internal cycle that resists the need for external energy. In other words, a system that is no longer bound to space but rather continues to repeat differently in time in limitless configurations. Shin reflects on the recurring internal logic of her system. Once we might have assumed a system would reach its eventual limits and reach equilibrium. The analogy of the Time Crystal challenges this assumption.

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Jeena Shin’s paintings critically examine the spatial properties that inhere in a reticulated network of fold lines. They also probe the visual and spatial resonances produced by varying the intensities of a single colour. Her works acknowledge that colour is deceptive, relative, and duplicitous. The artist is keenly aware of what Josef Albers has already noted, ‘with colour we do not see what we see. Because colour, as the most relative medium in art has innumerable faces or appearances’.

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Two Rooms is a contemporary art exhibition venue located in a converted warehouse in Central Auckland, New Zealand. Opened in August 2006, Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects by leading International and New Zealand contemporary artists. The building houses two exhibition spaces, the Project Room and the Long Room.

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16 Putiki Street
Newton
Auckland
New Zealand
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Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 3pm
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Auckland 16 Putiki Street, Newton
Two Rooms contemporary art gallery in Auckland New Zealand
Two Rooms
16 Putiki Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 360 5900
http://www.tworooms.co.nz

Opening hours
Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 3pm
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