Herzog & de Meuron have given Tate Modern its best exhibition space yet a concrete temple to rival the tactile attractions of the Barbican and the National Theatre. the permanent galleries will also be dedicated to live art exhibits, performance and film. The Tanks at Tate Modern should become the new mecca for London’s concrete lovers. responding to the architecture, his piece interweaves personal history, fantasy, rumor, politics and culture. a future structure will be adjoined to the southern edge of the existing building, expanding the exhibition areas for the cultural institution by 60% and broadening the programmatic spread of the sectors of photography, performance and video.Ī site-specific installation featuring a new work by korean artist sung hwan kim is the first to be integrated into the space. the first stage to reach completion of the ongoing ‘tate modern project’, this phase is a redevelopment of three industrial chambers which have remained unused since the 1981 decommissioning of the bankside power station. ‘the tanks’ at the tate modern designed by swiss architectural duo herzog & de meuron has just opened to the public in london, england as part of the current london 2012 festival in conjunction with the cultural olympiad. With special thanks to Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris and Kukje Gallery, Seoul.The tanks at tate modern by herzog & de meuron image © REUTERS/ luke macgregor, image courtesy of the telegraph This is a raw, industrial underground space, with dark erie areas. Most recently her work was included in dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany (2012). Branding for Tate Tanks, a perfomance art space in the old oil tanks of Tate Modern. She represented Korea at the Biennale di Venezia (2009) and has participated in the Bienal de São Paulo (2006). The Tanks at Tate Modern are the worlds first gallery space to be dedicated to live art. Solo exhibitions include the Kunsthaus Bregenz (2011), Modern Art Oxford (2011), the New Museum, New York (2010–11), the Artsonje Center, Seoul (2010), the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2009–10) and Portikus, Frankfurt/Main (2008). There she received her Meisterschüler from Städelschule Frankfurt am Main in 1999. Yang graduated from Seoul National University with a BFA and emigrated to Germanyin 1994.

She has also created a number of different performance and video works. DJ & VJ performance in the Tanks, Tate Modern combining projected images with a live DJ set and performance by Stooki Sound, inspired by Lichtenstein exhibition Skip navigation.

Yang (born Seoul, Korea, 1971, lives and works Berlin) works with everyday materials, often domestic ones, to create colourful installations that frequently combine industrial materials with sensory effects using light and scent.

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