Korean artist's installation sold for $110,000 in Venice

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- An installation work by South Korean artist Yang
Hae-gue was sold for about 140 million won (US$112,000) to an American art
institute at the Venice Biennale, the artist's local agent said Friday.
A part of Yang's "Vulnerable Arrangements" series, to be showcased at the
biennale's main exhibition officially opening Sunday at the Italian city, has
been sold to the Carnegie International, Seoul's Kukje Gallery said in a press
release.
The Carnegie International, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1896, is a North
American contemporary art institute which has bought and exhibited the works of
big name artists including Willem de Kooning, Joan Miro, Camille Pissarro and
Andy Warhol.
Yang's works have been drawing keen attention from overseas buyers and galleries
even before the biennale's official opening, Kukje Gallery said, adding an
Austrian art museum has agreed to hold Yang's solo exhibition this year.
Yang, noted for her sculpture, video and installation works that reflect her main
concern with the potential of marginalized spaces and public engagement with
them, has also been selected for a solo presentation in the Korean Pavilion for
the this year's Venice Biennale.
The Korean Pavilion was established by the state-run Arts Council Korea in 1995
and has functioned as a bridgehead for Korea's contemporary art to enter the
world stage.
More than 90 artists, including two Korean artists, will be featured in the main
exhibition of Venice Biennale, a major contemporary art show held every two years
in the Italian city. The exhibition will run from Friday through Nov. 22.
hayney@yna.co.kr
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