Sharing here, volunteers, an upcoming Curator’s Talk on our new feature exhibition, Haegue Yang. As the Gallery enters a new programming season, make sure to check out ago.ca for so much digital content – lots of ways to connect remotely with new works we love.

Wednesday, October 7, 4 pm via Zoom (click on link to register)

Join Adelina Vlas, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the AGO, for an overview of the AGO’s Fall exhibition Haegue Yang: Emergence.

A leading artist of her generation, Haegue Yang (b. 1971 Seoul) is celebrated for her prolific and diverse work that evokes historical and contemporary narratives of migration, displacement and cross-cultural translation. For over two decades, Yang has been transforming how we experience everyday domestic materials, turning items such as venetian blinds, light bulbs, drying racks, knitting yarn and bells into meticulously constructed installations and sculptures. To unleash the historical and emotional resonances of these objects, Yang activates them with sounds, light, air, scents and movement.

Prior to joining the AGO in 2014, Adelina Vlas held curatorial positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada, where she concentrated on permanent collection displays and special exhibitions. She holds a Master’s Degree in curating contemporary art from the Royal College of Art, a Master’s Degree in art history from York University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from McGill University. Vlas’s area of specialty is post-war contemporary art with a focus on conceptual and time-based media practices.