Feature Inspired by Korean funerary practices, the artist's new works examine how ritual and reflection mark the cycles of time. April 20, 2026 — 6 min read Jean Shin's “Offering” (2026) pays tribute to trees that have spent their entire lives at Green-Wood Cemetery. (photo Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic) Cemeteries are spaces where ritual and reflection converge, where commemorations of life co-exist with contemplations of human mortality. In Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, a new pair of installations by artist Jean Shin question how ritual and reflection mark cycles of time, shaping what we carry with us and what we choose to leave behind.  Situated in a meadow facing the cemetery’s brownstone Gothic Revival gates, “ Offering ” (2026), unveiled to the public on April 18, is a site-specific regenerative earthwork that pays tribute to trees that have spent their entire lives at Green-Wood. The installation was informed by tumuli, artificial burial mounds of earth and stone found all over the world.…