The work of the Korean-American artist Anicka Yi takes in science, microbial activity and air-carried markers of identity, amongst other things. The perfect pick, then, for Tate Modern\u2019s first Turbine Hall commission (officially the \u2018Hyundai Commission\u2019) since Covid closed operations.\nThe commission is Yi\u2019s largest and highest profile to date...
. It’s a daunting legacy to deal with. There’s an inevitable pressure to create a huge, accessible spectacle and the trick for the Turbine Hall artist is arriving at something that works for that vast, awkward and ambiguous space.
‘In a gallery or a small museum, it’s a very controlled environment. Here it just feels so lawless, there’s so much mayhem and chaos’ Now 50, Yi was born in Seoul but her family moved to Alabama when she was two. Her mother worked in biomedicine and had a passion for. Yi moved to London in the early 1990s, working as a fashion stylist and copywriter before moving to New York later in the decade and becoming friends with the fashion and art collective, the Bernadette Corporation.
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