Steel frame, perforated metal plate, caster, aluminum venetian blinds, knitting yarn, acrylic mirror, IV stand, light bulbs, cable, electric fan, timer, garlic, dishes, hot pad, and scent emitter
This sculpture, whose Korean title roughly translates to “homemaking,” is a life-size model of the kitchen in the artist’s former Berlin apartment, where she lived as well as worked. Describing Sallim as a “skeleton” of the original space, Yang has included sculptural elements that suggest utilitarian fixtures, such as a radiator and water boiler. “Some of them are very representative of a kitchen,” she explains. “But some of them are blunt and rather puzzling.” The artist has recreated not only this domestic environment, but its invisible sensorial experiences: scent emitters release smells of food and digestion, like coffee, bread, and excrement, while a fan circulates air.
2024
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Haegue Yang
Korean, born 1971 7 works onlineThe Korean-born, Berlin-based artist has spent her career traversing boundaries—between geographic regions, historical periods, and artistic styles. Her genre-defying approach to art making prizes fluidity over unified narratives, resulting in “a kind of mapping of times and places that are normally not neighbors.
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Gallery 206So my interest might be to reveal or make a crack in that mundaneness and show a glimpse of the miraculous,” artist Haegue Yang has said.
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