Contemporary artist Haegue Yang is currently presenting her first solo exhibition in Finland, titled Haegue Yang: Continuous Reenactments, at the Helsinki Art Museum through April 7, 2024. Following the closure of the traveling exhibition, Haegue Yang: Several Reenactments, last September at S.M.A.K. Ghent, Continuous Reenactments presents Yang's extensive and virtuosic body of work across the museum's two main exhibition halls. Introducing symmetric and asymmetric pairs, complementing duos, and interconnected groups of artworks, Yang continues her exploration of concepts such as doubling, mirroring, and reiterating.

Installed at the center of the South Hall is Handles, which premiered at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York in 2019. This multisensory installation comprises six sculptures with elements of wall objects and floor graphic adhesives, accompanied by an intricate soundscape. Transforming everyday objects into visually striking, movable artworks, these sculptures blur the boundaries between human and technological entities. When activated, each sculpture emits a subtle rattling sound, and the addition of tactile and auditory elements enhances the materiality of the pieces and the entire space, recalling the use of bells in shamanistic rituals.

At the center of the North Hall stands Warrior Believer Lover – Version Sonic, a reenactment of a sculptural ensemble originally composed of 33 sculptures from Yang’s 2011 solo exhibition at Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria. Shorter than its predecessor, Version Sonic consists of 21 sculptures arranged across a panoramic field, as described by Yang as “what once used to be a tall cornfield, turned into a low grassland." Covered with wigs, solar panels, LED lights, and artificial plants, alongside organic materials like dried pinecones, these sculptures straddle the line between nature and artifice.

The exhibition also features a diverse selection of Yang's representative works, including ‘Appliance Sculptures,’ which take the form of radiators in the artist's home, and a blind installation that pays homage to the Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles. Also on view are two-dimensional works that demonstrate the artist's longstanding interest in paper collage techniques as well as symmetry and geometric patterns.

The exhibition is accompanied by a series of events, including screenings, lectures, and talks. Throughout the duration of the show, four curators and art experts will conduct talks to offer their perspectives on the exhibition and Yang's overall practice, culminating in an artist talk with the artist herself on April 6, 2024. A detailed schedule of related events can be found on the museum's website.