October 24, 2021 — December 12, 2021
오리엔탈 소스 공장
The Oriental Sauce Factory
by Haena Yoo
Born in South Korea, Haena Yoo works between Los Angeles and Seoul. She received her MFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and her BFA from Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul. Yoo makes installations constructed with found materials, video, sound, and smell, exploring themes of labor, identity, and global capitalism. With a tinkering process, she is interested in the urgency created by limiting materials to what is at hand, showing the archeological and socio-political status of the maker. A 2018 recipient of the Rema Hort Mann emerging artist grant, Yoo has had solo exhibitions at P.BIBEAU (Brooklyn), u’ (Calgary), and a two person show with Erin Calla Watson at AS IT STANDS (Los Angeles).
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Photo Documentation
Installation Views
Bride Machinery, 2021
Fog machine, timer, DC motor, fermented
soybeans, salt water, text from The Savage Mind,
wood, metal, clear vinyl, jute twine, tube, blown
glass
Dimensions Variable
The Milky Way Table, 2021
Fermented soybeans, , Aspergillus oryzae,
salt water, deionized water, glycerin, pepper,
dried jujube, magnesium oxide, oregano oil,
elderberry, lung health support supplement,
Nyquil, Sominex, Benadryl, Aleve, Tylenol,
Advil, Cepacol, Midol, Vitamin pill, hand
sanitizer, syringe, tube, cast aluminum,
plexiglass, and metal
Dimensions Variable
Meju (The Savage Mind), 2021
Fermented soybeans, copies of The Savage Mind,
printed rice paper, dried roots of white woodland
peony, rehmannia, Mongolian milkvetch,
Korean angelica, lovage, Chinese cinnamon bark, Chinese licorice, ginger, corn silk, straw, Aspergillus oryzae, Bacillus subtillis
Korean angelica, lovage, Chinese cinnamon bark, Chinese licorice, ginger, corn silk, straw, Aspergillus oryzae, Bacillus subtillis
9” L x 7” W x 1” D
16” L x 5” W x 2” D
8” L x 5”W x 1.5” D
16” L x 5” W x 2” D
8” L x 5”W x 1.5” D
Checkmate, 2021
HD TV, 5’30” video with sound, found
cardboard boxes, tape
Dimensions variable
L’Oriental, 2021
Glass bottles, Oriental sauce
Dimensions variable
I’ve gone to look for America (Pistol I), 2021
I’ve gone to look for America (Pistol II), 2021
I’ve gone to look for America (Revolver), 2021
I’ve gone to look for America (Riffle), 2021
I’ve gone to look for America (Pistol II), 2021
I’ve gone to look for America (Revolver), 2021
I’ve gone to look for America (Riffle), 2021
Rice paper dyed in soy sauce
10” L x 7” W x 1.25” D
10” L x 7” W x 1.25” D
13” L x 7” W x 1.25” D
31” L x 7” W x 1.25” D
10” L x 7” W x 1.25” D
13” L x 7” W x 1.25” D
31” L x 7” W x 1.25” D
Photo Credit: Joshua Schaedel
