Bell sculptures ring in new present by Haegue Yang
By Liz Hobday
THE Snowy Hydro scheme has lengthy had a presence in Australian tradition, and its gushing water has turn out to be a function of latest work by acclaimed South Korean artist Haegue Yang.
“It’s gorgeous, it’s this utterly immersive area, she actually layers the photographs,” the Nationwide Gallery of Australia’s Russell Storer advised AAP.
Yang’s huge wallpaper paintings, titled “Non-Linear and Non-Periodic Dynamics” (2020) is one in all two main acquisitions by the gallery.
It’s been tailored with photographs of close by water – together with Snowy Hydro – in addition to Kurrajong bushes and Bogong moths for show in Canberra.
The purchases have been made to have fun the opening of an exhibition of the artist’s work on the Nationwide Gallery on Saturday.
Yang, who lives in Seoul and Berlin, is a big and interesting worldwide artist, Storer stated.
“She actually embodies this type of transnational, cross cultural area that we’re in, by way of up to date artwork,” he stated.
The gallery has additionally acquired three of Yang’s sculptures created from fur and bells.
Every alludes to a pioneering trendy artist – Barbara Hepworth, Naum Gabo, and Li Yuan-chia.
The sculptures are constructed on castor wheels and lined in tiny bells that will probably be rung thrice on Saturdays.
“Haegue Yang: Altering From From To From” on the Nationwide Gallery from Saturday.
“Sonic Intermediates – Three Differential Equations” (2020) will probably be activated every Saturday at 11am, 12pm, and 1pm.
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