Candice Lin: Night Stone

In ‘Night Stone’, a large one-room installation, Candice Lin connects the contemporary trade of manganese between Australia and China to the 18th-century commerce of sea cucumbers. Intrigued by the sea cucumbers’ unique digestive and respiratory systems, Candice Lin imagines and depicts their toxic encounter with manganese and the surprising bodily transformations that follow.

The exhibition marks Candice Lin’s first solo presentation in West Asia. Originally commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney and Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA in Melbourne, the installation is accompanied by new ceramic sculptures, textile works and a site-specific mural.

About the artist

Candice Lin (b. 1979, lives and works in Los Angeles) is an interdisciplinary artist who works with installation, drawing, video, and living materials and processes, such as mould, mushrooms, bacteria, fermentation, and stains. Her work deals with the politics of representation and issues of race, gender, and sexuality through histories of colonialism and diaspora.

Image credit: Candice Lin, Night Stone (detail), 2024. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney and Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA, Melbourne, with generous support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles. Installation view, 24th Biennale of Sydney, ‘Ten Thousand Suns’, 2024, UNSW Galleries. Photograph: Jacquie Manning.