March 2025
Haegue Yang presents Haegue Yang: Leap Year, her first large-scale survey exhibition in the Netherlands, at Kunsthal Rotterdam
Haegue Yang presents Haegue Yang: Leap Year, her first large-scale survey exhibition in the Netherlands, at the Kunsthal Rotterdam. Following its initial presentation at the Hayward Gallery in London in October 2024, this touring exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of Yang’s artistic journey spanning over three decades. Yang consistently engages the senses and dismantles well-established dichotomies through her innovative use of everyday materials and industrial objects.
Over seventy artworks—including installations, sculptures, video, text, and audio—are presented in a newly arranged layout specifically designed for the architectural space of Kunsthal Rotterdam, designed by the renowned architect Rem Koolhaas. The exhibition is organized thematically, featuring key themes central to Yang’s practice such as the ‘Social,’ ‘Political,’ ‘Spiritual Quotidian,’ ‘Quasi-Performativity,’ and ‘Singular-Plural,’ encouraging audiences to organically explore based on their intuition and association.
Featured prominently are new works including Sonic Arch Rope – Gold Hexagon Light (2024) and Sonic Droplets in Gradation – Water Veil (2024). Also presented in the exhibition is a large commission work titled Star-Crossed Rendezvous after Yun (2024), inspired by contemporary Korean composer and political dissident Isang Yun’s life and music, which garnered significant attention in London. A particularly impactful work is Storage Piece (2004), a sculptural installation produced during Yang’s early career ridden with realistic challenges with moving, during which she stored many of the works she could not keep into large installations by the same name. This piece resonates deeply with the socio-economic narratives confronting migrant artists worldwide and maintains its relevance and potency even twenty years after its initial exhibition.
After Kunsthal Rotterdam, the exhibition will travel to Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Zurich from September 27, 2025 to January 10, 2026. The exhibition in Kunsthal Rotterdam continues through August 31, 2025.
Over seventy artworks—including installations, sculptures, video, text, and audio—are presented in a newly arranged layout specifically designed for the architectural space of Kunsthal Rotterdam, designed by the renowned architect Rem Koolhaas. The exhibition is organized thematically, featuring key themes central to Yang’s practice such as the ‘Social,’ ‘Political,’ ‘Spiritual Quotidian,’ ‘Quasi-Performativity,’ and ‘Singular-Plural,’ encouraging audiences to organically explore based on their intuition and association.
Featured prominently are new works including Sonic Arch Rope – Gold Hexagon Light (2024) and Sonic Droplets in Gradation – Water Veil (2024). Also presented in the exhibition is a large commission work titled Star-Crossed Rendezvous after Yun (2024), inspired by contemporary Korean composer and political dissident Isang Yun’s life and music, which garnered significant attention in London. A particularly impactful work is Storage Piece (2004), a sculptural installation produced during Yang’s early career ridden with realistic challenges with moving, during which she stored many of the works she could not keep into large installations by the same name. This piece resonates deeply with the socio-economic narratives confronting migrant artists worldwide and maintains its relevance and potency even twenty years after its initial exhibition.
After Kunsthal Rotterdam, the exhibition will travel to Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Zurich from September 27, 2025 to January 10, 2026. The exhibition in Kunsthal Rotterdam continues through August 31, 2025.
