Presented as part of the Joan Carlisle-Irv
ing Lecture Series
UBC Department of Art History\, Visual Art and Theo
ry
12:00 p.m. PST\, Friday\, April 16\, 2021
This event is free
and open to the public.
Please register in advance: https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B3td 3F2kSuOenUzymNRVLQ
“Yang has always given we ight to exhibitions. In particular\, she regards those she generates for pu blic institutions as a major driving force for the dissemination of her pol itics\, aesthetic\, and artwork.”
—Lynne Cooke
Joi n us for a conversation with artist Haegue Yang on the occasion of her rece nt solo exhibition Haegue Yang: Emergence at the Art Gallery of On tario. This focused survey comprised of eighty-four artworks\, including ne w commissions and large-scale installations\, sculptures\, two-dimensional works\, and video essays created over the past twenty-five years.
Emergence refers to a phenomenon in which a system or entity develops new qualities that are distinct from its individual parts. As the first No rth American retrospective survey of Yang’s work to date\, the exhibition d raws attention to the unique features of her practice\, while showcasing th e contextual relationships between individual pieces and the circumstances of their creation.
During this talk\, Yang will discuss her varied pr actice with a virtual exhibition tour. She will also introduce the brand-ne w catalogue Haegue Yang: Emergence\, which contains essays that he lp contextualize Yang’s artistic career\, and generate new understandings o f her transformative contributions to the field of contemporary art.
Haegue Yang was born in 1971 in Seoul\, South Korea. Curre ntly\, she lives and works in Berlin and Seoul. Her works are known for the ir eloquent and seductive sculptural language of visual abstraction out of her research on historical figures and events. Yang has participated in maj or international exhibitions including the 16th Istanbul Biennial (2019)\; the 21st Biennale of Sydney (2018)\; La Biennale de Montréal (2016)\; the 1 2th Sharjah Biennial (2015)\; the 9th Taipei Biennial (2014)\; Documenta XI II in Kassel (2012)\; and the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009).
Selected r ecent solo exhibitions have been held at Tate St Ives (2020)\, the Museum o f Contemporary Art and Design\, Manila (2020)\, Art Gallery of Ontario\, To ronto (2020-21)\, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art\, Korea (2 020)\, Museum of Modern Art\, New York (2019)\; South London Gallery (2019) \; MO.CO. Panacée\, Montpellier (2018)\, and Museum Ludwig\, Cologne (2018) . Recipient of the 2018 Wolfgang Hahn Prize\, Yang’s work is included in pe rmanent collections such as the Art Gallery of Ontario\, Toronto\; Centre P ompidou\, Paris\; Museum of Modern Art\, New York\; M+\, Hong Kong\; Tate\, London\; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, New York\; Remai Modern\, Sask atoon\; The Bass Museum of Art\, Miami Beach\; Walker Art Center\, Minneapo lis\; and the Art Gallery of Ontario\, Toronto.
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