Like much of Shin's art, this work is both about individuals and large groups of people.

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But it takes a large community of such individuals to make Shin's art possible.

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Jean Shin's smaller monument celebrates the heroism of people in their everyday actions.

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Shin makes art from broken umbrellas, old clothing or computer parts.

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Jean Shin was born in nineteen seventy-one in South Korea.

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Shin's latest work is called "Everyday Monuments."

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Jean Shin made this work, "Chemical Balance,"

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Shin says when he got the call from the Red Cross, he was so happy, he wondered if he was dreaming.

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Shin Gwang-sun is 92. He is reuniting this weekend with his daughter.

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Shin is one of a lucky few winners of a selection process for these reunions that involves both a random lottery and a screening based on age and family history.

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