CommissionMarch 24, 2020
Anicka Yi wins the Hyundai Commission 2020 in partnership with Tate Modern
Hyundai Motor Company and Tate Modern announced that Anicka Yi (Seoul, 1971) will create the 2020 Hyundai Commission, a new site-specific work for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi will open to the public from October 6, 2020 until January 10, 2021.
The Koren artist Anicka Yi is the sixth artist on the Hyundai Commission to hold an exhibition at the Tate Modern in London. Other artists were Kara Walker (2019), Tania Bruguera (2018), SUPERFLEX (2017), Philippe Parreno (2016) and Abraham Cruzvillegas (2015). Hyundai Motor’s 11-year partnership with Tate, confirmed until 2025, is the longest initial commitment from a corporate partner in Tate’s history. The annual Hyundai Commission gives artists an opportunity to create new work for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, a space that has witnessed works that have revolutionized public perceptions of contemporary art in the twenty-first century.
Anicka Yi explores the links between art and science. While drawing from the research of philosophers who are concerned with emerging forms of life and intelligence, her work also addresses present day questions around migration, class and gender. She is known for the way her works activate different senses and for experimenting with unorthodox materials.
The Koren artist Anicka Yi is the sixth artist on the Hyundai Commission to hold an exhibition at the Tate Modern in London. Other artists were Kara Walker (2019), Tania Bruguera (2018), SUPERFLEX (2017), Philippe Parreno (2016) and Abraham Cruzvillegas (2015). Hyundai Motor’s 11-year partnership with Tate, confirmed until 2025, is the longest initial commitment from a corporate partner in Tate’s history. The annual Hyundai Commission gives artists an opportunity to create new work for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, a space that has witnessed works that have revolutionized public perceptions of contemporary art in the twenty-first century.
Anicka Yi explores the links between art and science. While drawing from the research of philosophers who are concerned with emerging forms of life and intelligence, her work also addresses present day questions around migration, class and gender. She is known for the way her works activate different senses and for experimenting with unorthodox materials.
