Haegue Yang
Can Cosies – pomodori pelati 800g
2009
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Haegue Yang
Can Cosies – pomodori pelati 800g
2009
Physical Qualities
Wool and metal, .1 (flat): 5 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 3/4 in. (13.3 x 14.3 x 1.9 cm.)
.2 (flat): 5 x 5 1/2 x 3/4 in. (12.7 x 14 x 1.9 cm.)
.3 (flat): 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 3/4 in. (14.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Joanne Gold and Andrew Stern
Object Number
2011.111.1-3
Korean artist Haegue Yang offers art that conceals (rather than reveals) consumer packaging. With Can Cosies, the product is pomodori pelati, peeled plum tomatoes canned in Italy. Yang has transformed the mass-produced pantry items by covering their factory-made labels (printed in her non-native language) with homey, hand-knit covers, making them reassuringly soft, domestic, and familiar.
Yang divides her time between Seoul and Berlin and often travels to foreign countries. As a frequent visitor, she has developed an acute sensitivity to the difference in the appearance of mundane articles and has often felt a sense of estrangement or “otherness” when confronted by unfamiliar objects in her temporary homes. Yang broaches this subject of alienation in her sculptures by personalizing household items—including window blinds, clothes racks, and lamps—through the addition of materials associated with do-it-yourself crafts such as yarn, fabric, and fake flowers.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2011; Joanne Gold and Andrew Stern, Baltimore
Contemporary Wing Reinstallation
