Press Release
The Bass, Miami Beach's contemporary art museum, is pleased to present solo exhibition by Haegue Yang to open the 2019-
Bringing together new and existing works spanning the last decade, In the Cone of Uncertainty presents a selection of Yang’s oeuvre ranging from light sculptures and blind installations to anthropomorphic sculptures and mural-
Yang’s works are known not only for their diversity of media and methods, but also for their eloquent and unique sculptural
Haegue Yang, In the Cone of Uncertainty
The Bass, Miami Beach’s contemporary art museum (U.S.A.)
02.11.2019 - 05.04.2020
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Yang’s works are known not only for their diversity of media and methods, but also for their eloquent and unique sculptural language of visual abstraction, frequently derived from her research on historical figures, events and phenomena. Interweaving narratives with materiality, Yang mobilizes industrially produced commonplace items, sensorial devices and labor-
The exhibition’s title is taken from a common expression, ubiquitous to South Florida, used to describe the probable track of a tropical cyclone or hurricane. Aside from this particular usage, the term alludes to an eagerness to track our largely unstable and always changing future. Referencing this meteorological model of statistics, the exhibition investigates current anxieties related to climate change, overpopulation and resource scarcity, in addition to seemingly different topics, such as movement, displacement, migration, diasporas and history writing.
Haegue Yang, Boxing Ballet, 2013/2015. Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art. Installation view of Journal of Echomimetic Motions, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway, 2013. Photo: Thor Brødreskift.
