Yang Hae-gue listed as one of world's most important contemporary artists
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- 04 Nov 2022
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Korean installation artist Yang Hae-gue was listed as one of the world’s most important contemporary artists in the “Art Compass” ranking.
Yang ranked 93rd among living artists, up six places from 99th last year, according to the November issue of the German-based magazine “Capital.”
The Kunstkompass, meaning “art compass” in English, has been publishing the annual list of the top 100 artists since 1970. The list analyzes more than 30,000 artists around the globe, assessing the number of solo and group exhibitions held at major museums, participation at international art events, wins at awards and mentions in art magazines. Auction results are not included in the evaluation.
Based in Seoul and Berlin, Yang is also a professor of fine arts at the Staedelschule in Frankfurt, Germany.
Participating in this year’s Singapore Biennale, which kicked off Oct. 16, Yang has won the 13th Benesse Prize with a set of two moving sculptures, named “The Hybrid Intermediates -- Flourishing Electrophorus Duo.” The biennale runs until March 19, 2023.
Her other works are currently on display at the “Museum in Motion” exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, in Belgium, and the “Monochrome Multitudes” exhibition at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art. Both will run until Jan. 8, 2023.
The German visual artist Gerhard Richter has topped the ranking as the world’s most important contemporary artist for 19 years since 2003.
Famous for his abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, several pieces of his works including “Abstraktes Bild (649-2)” have set record prices at auctions. Read More…
