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Pillowsophia (after Pope Biggie)
2017 · Nylon, fan
Overall: 228 × 76 × 22 in. (579.1 × 193 × 55.9 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art
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Paul Chan
1973
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21
Works in Collection
34
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2
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70%
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- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
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- Paula-CooperTier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%
About
Why this artist matters now
Paul Chan makes single-channel videos, projections, and animations that merge philosophical inquiry with visual provocation. His work engages geopolitics, war, violence, and language through a sensibility shaped by outsider artists and writers including Henry Darger and Samuel Beckett. Based in Hong Kong, Chan operates simultaneously as artist, writer, and publisher, positioning aesthetic production and critical thought as inseparable. His videos and multimedia installations resist conventional narrative in favor of fragmented, digressive forms that reflect on globalization and political upheaval.
Source: Paula Cooper · Trust score: 60% · Updated 2mo ago
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21 published of 22 catalogued · 18 with image
- MoMA19 published17 img
- Art Institute Chicago1 publishedof 2 catalogued1 img
- Whitney1 published
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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