Meekyoung Shin
Toilet Project
ASIA NOW, MONNAIE DE PARIS
20.10 → 23.10.2022
Curated by:
Kathy Alliou as part of the Places Project
Promoted & supported by:
Lee-Bauwens Gallery
South Korean artist Meekyoung Shin's Toilet Project places soap sculptures in public restrooms so that visitors can use them to wash their hands. After some time, the sculptures are collected and the erosion process ends. They are then exhibited in the museum and become artefacts.
These soap sculptures, ingeniously placed in public toilets, encourage the participation of the visitor who, through his interaction, imprints in each statuette traces of his presence, his culture and the place.
The Toilet Project is an ongoing project by artist Meekyoung Shin who has in the past placed her soap sculptures in the toilets of the most prestigious museums and galleries around the world.
South Korean artist Meekyoung Shin's Toilet Project places soap sculptures in public restrooms so that visitors can use them to wash their hands. After some time, the sculptures are collected and the erosion process ends. They are then exhibited in the museum and become artefacts.
These soap sculptures, ingeniously placed in public toilets, encourage the participation of the visitor who, through his interaction, imprints in each statuette traces of his presence, his culture and the place.
The Toilet Project is an ongoing project by artist Meekyoung Shin who has in the past placed her soap sculptures in the toilets of the most prestigious museums and galleries around the world.
© Photos Adrien Millot
