The South Korean artist Haegue Yang transforms mundane household objects such as light bulbs, hair dryers, fans, and Venetian blinds into meticulously executed sculptures and immersive installations. Her figures and constructions are often ominous and full of secret meanings. A highlight of this survey is Non-Indépliables, nues (2010/2020), which sees lamp cords arranged in modernist curves on metal racks, light bulbs blazing here and there. In The Intermediate—Head Carrying Woman (2017), straw, steel, and plastic are woven to create a pagan totem. —Elena Clavarino
The Arts Intel Report
Haegue Yang: Double Soul
When
Mar 5 – July 24, 2022
Where
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Haegue Yang, “Non-Indépliable, Nue Lifting Up.” Photo: Jan Søndergaard Haegue Yang.