February 2026
Haegue Yang Presents Star-Crossed Rendezvous at MOCA and a Special Collaborative Program with the LA Phil
Haegue Yang’s solo exhibition Haegue Yang: Star-Crossed Rendezvous is currently on view at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The exhibition features the artist’s sprawling installation Star-Crossed Rendezvous after Yun (2024), making its North American debut, alongside another large-scale installation realized nearly a decade apart, Sol LeWitt Upside Down – Expanded, Replicated, and Restored to 1078 Times Its Size K123456 (2015).
Star-Crossed Rendezvous after Yun draws on the structural interplay of renowned Korean composer Isang Yun’s Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp, and Small Orchestra (1977, hereafter Double Concerto), in which the oboe and harp exchange melodic lines. Yang’s constellation of vibrant geometries is accompanied by choreographed moving light, further drawing on Yun’s reference to Korean folklore as a metaphor for the divided Korean Peninsula.
Another work in the exhibition, Sol LeWitt Upside Down – Expanded, Replicated, and Restored to 1078 Times Its Size K123456, is a modular installation that directly references the iconic cubic structures of American minimalist Sol LeWitt (1928–2007). Yang enlarges the original form 1,078 times and suspends it upside down, emphasizing geometric clarity while allowing density and transparency to shift in response to the surrounding space.
This juxtaposition of two markedly different works executed in the same material—Venetian blinds—demonstrates Yang’s continued interest in asymmetry. Presented as disparate parallels, these iconic works foreground her sustained engagement with doubling, materializing an exploration of intercontextuality between the two pieces.
In conjunction with the exhibition, a special collaborative program, Star-Crossed Rendezvous, will take place on March 10 in partnership with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (hereafter LA Phil), another leading institution of the Grand Avenue Cultural District alongside the museum. Centered on Isang Yun’s musical composition, audiences will experience Star-Crossed Rendezvous after Yun at MOCA Grand Avenue from 5–8pm, followed by a performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, where the LA Phil, conducted by Earl Lee, performs Yun’s Double Concerto with oboist Ryan Roberts, Principal Harp Emmanuel Ceysson, and the orchestra. Marking an encounter between contemporary art and music, the program also serves as a tribute by contemporary artists and musicians to Yun’s artistic world and enduring legacy.
Star-Crossed Rendezvous after Yun draws on the structural interplay of renowned Korean composer Isang Yun’s Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp, and Small Orchestra (1977, hereafter Double Concerto), in which the oboe and harp exchange melodic lines. Yang’s constellation of vibrant geometries is accompanied by choreographed moving light, further drawing on Yun’s reference to Korean folklore as a metaphor for the divided Korean Peninsula.
Another work in the exhibition, Sol LeWitt Upside Down – Expanded, Replicated, and Restored to 1078 Times Its Size K123456, is a modular installation that directly references the iconic cubic structures of American minimalist Sol LeWitt (1928–2007). Yang enlarges the original form 1,078 times and suspends it upside down, emphasizing geometric clarity while allowing density and transparency to shift in response to the surrounding space.
This juxtaposition of two markedly different works executed in the same material—Venetian blinds—demonstrates Yang’s continued interest in asymmetry. Presented as disparate parallels, these iconic works foreground her sustained engagement with doubling, materializing an exploration of intercontextuality between the two pieces.
In conjunction with the exhibition, a special collaborative program, Star-Crossed Rendezvous, will take place on March 10 in partnership with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (hereafter LA Phil), another leading institution of the Grand Avenue Cultural District alongside the museum. Centered on Isang Yun’s musical composition, audiences will experience Star-Crossed Rendezvous after Yun at MOCA Grand Avenue from 5–8pm, followed by a performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, where the LA Phil, conducted by Earl Lee, performs Yun’s Double Concerto with oboist Ryan Roberts, Principal Harp Emmanuel Ceysson, and the orchestra. Marking an encounter between contemporary art and music, the program also serves as a tribute by contemporary artists and musicians to Yun’s artistic world and enduring legacy.
