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SHEN XIN 沈莘

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  • ས་གཞི་སྔོན་པོ་འགྱུར། (the earth turned green)
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  • 2025
  • 2022-2024
  • an oil painting of a bat lit in dark and red lighting
  • an oil painting of a plant submerged in water, with its branches sticking out above the surface
  • an oil painting of a dead body belonging to a grouse
  • an oil painting where a baby border collie is being fed water from a yellow water bottle
  • close up of an oil painting where a baby border collie is being fed water from a yellow water bottle
  • close up of an oil painting where a baby border collie is being fed water from a yellow water bottle
  • an oil painting of a dog licking milk off a calf's lips
  • an oil painting of a group of koi fish swimming around green water and wooden architecture
  • close up of an oil painting of a group of koi fish swimming around green water and wooden architecture
  • an oil painting of a bear's foot sticking out of a back of a truck
  • an oil painting of feather sticking to the window where a house and a forest can be seen in the background
  • an oil painting of feathers sticking onto the window against dark snow view at night where the snow is lit by interior lights
  • an oil painting of a bat hanging on a branch, lit in red light
  • a painting of an unnamed plant abandoning its wooden support in the pot and seems to be dying dropping onto the ground
  • an oil painting of a pigeon nesting in a small narrow architecutre space, behind it a tree with green and lush leaves can be seen
  • two oil paintings with the left one depicting a seal underwater in an aquarium like environment, and the right one depicting a marmoset eating in a manmade tree hole on a wall.
  • an oil painting of a small bonsai that has flowered being attached to strings
  • installation view of two paintings, one of an owl, the other of a bat

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