Sonic Egg with Enthralling Tetrad–Copper Crater
Haegue Yang, South Korean, born 1971
2016
Powder-coated steel frame, powder-coated mesh, casters, turbine vents, copper-plated bells, split rings
Overall: 52 3/8 × 30 5/16 × 34 1/4 in. (133 × 77 × 87 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe 2015 Fund
© Haegue Yang
2020.25
Geography
Place Made: South Korea, Asia
Period
21st century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Label
In her Sonic Sculpture series, Haegue Yang emphasizes bells as integral components of her art. She covers the surface of her freestanding sculpture with numerous copper-plated bells that rattle as it moves. Across culture and history, bells have served as mediators between the spiritual and corporeal worlds. Shamans use bells in ritual contexts to connect with realms beyond the human. Thinking of her art as enabling an encounter between art, artist, and audience, Yang introduces the soundscape of bells into the gallery space, suggesting the museum as a space of communication between objects, humans, and the spiritual world.
From the 2024 exhibition Attitude of Coexistence: Non-Humans in East Asian Art, curated by Haely Chang, Jane and Raphael Bernstein Associate Curator of East Asian Art
Course History
Studio Art 16.01, Sculpture I, Matt Siegle, Winter 2023
Studio Art 16.02, Sculpture I, Matt Siegle, Winter 2023
Studio Art 77.01, Senior Seminar II, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2023
Studio Art 77.02, Senior Seminar II, Jen Caine, Spring 2023
Art History 62.81 and Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.13, Women, Gender & Art, Sunglim Kim, Winter 2024
Art History 63.02, Why Are Museums...?, Mary Coffey, Spring 2026
Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 51.11, Religion 2.02, Religions of Vietnam, Sara Swenson, Winter 2025
Geography 3.01, Living with Nature, Coleen Fox, Winter 2025
Philosophy 50.18, Animal Minds, Tina Rosenqvist, Winter 2025
Religion 40.08, Fear & Loathing in Religion, MK Long, Winter 2025
Art History 63.02, Why Are Museums…?, Mary Coffey, Spring 2025
Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2025
Italian 2.01, Introductory Italian II, Marco D'Angelo, Spring 2025
Religion 1.13, Sacred Movement, Robert Weiner, Spring 2025
Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 70.24, Asian American Art and Architecture, Sujin Eom, Spring 2025
College Course 26.01, What’s in Your Toolbox?, Casey Aldrich and Mokhtar Bouba, Fall 2025
Comparative Literature 55.03, Asian Societies, Culture, and Language 60.10, Eco-Fiction: Stories of Ghosts and Other Beings from Premodern China, Yiren Zheng, Fall 2025
Special Tour: Attitude of Coexistence and Beyond the Bouquet, Winter 2025
Exhibition Tour: Attitudes of Coexistence and Beyond the Bouquet, Winter 2026
Exhibition History
Attitude of Coexistence: Non-humans in East Asian Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 16, 2024-October 4, 2025.
Provenance
Kurimanzutto, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2020.
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