Yung Jake

Steve Turner is pleased to present Hydration, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based Yung Jake featuring powder-coated steel panels and furniture upon which the artist has both painted and printed symbols of his online and offline worlds. Bottles of Fiji and Volvic water, Xanax pills and emojis exist alongside graffitied texts and images. Yung Jake will also introduce I don’t remember, his newest music video. The opening reception for Hydration is a central part of the exhibition and will take place between 10 pm and 2 am on Saturday, February 13; it will feature DJs Softest Hard, Sonny Digital and Lil Yachty and is organized in collaboration with IllRoots.

Yung Jake was established on the Internet in 2011. He is best known for his rap videos that integrate the worlds of hip-hop, technology, social media and contemporary art. Datamosh (2011) parodied the trend in music video of datamoshing (a digital technique that distorts images) while playing to a contemporary digital art audience. In E.m-bed.de/d (2012), he commented on the pursuit of Internet fame. His work has been screened at Sundance (2013) and he has performed in Los Angeles at the Hammer Museum and Redcat (2013); Museum of Contemporary Art (2014) and J. Paul Getty Museum (2015). He earned a BFA at CalArts in 2012. This is his third solo exhibition at Steve Turner. He will have a solo project at Art Brussels in April.