The latest issue of Elephant finds Korea-born, Germany-based artist Haegue Yang in conversation with Holly Black. Yang’s work “fuses theoretical and scientific concerns with folkloric symbolism, and is just as interested in utilitarian objects and materials as … carefully handcrafted processes,” Black explains. “These ideas often manifest as enormous multi-sensory installations, bringing together individual elements that function as standalone pieces, as well as … a carefully choreographed whole,” she continues in a description befitting of this eye-catching 2009 piece. Get your hands on Elephant 46 now to read Yang’s discussion of the intricacies and influences behind her multi-layered practice.
