Exhibition · 🏛️ MOCA Grand Avenue
Haegue Yang
Star-Crossed Rendezvous
Feb 24 – Aug 2
About the show
Timed-entry reservations available at tinyurl.com/nh39vk65
A unique collaboration between MOCA and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, this presentation brings together the work of internationally acclaimed visual artist Haegue Yang (b. 1971, Seoul) and her interest in and engagement with the late composer Isang Yun (1917-1995).
The institutional collaboration unfolds over two distinct presentations: an exhibition featuring a sprawling installation Star-Crossed Rendezvous after Yun, 2024, on view at MOCA Grand Avenue for its U.S. debut; and a concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall for a special one evening performance of Yun's Double Concerto, 1977, by the LA Philharmonic. This project bridges two distinguished cultural organizations and their unique architectural sites, connecting them through time and space, with this immersive sonic and visual experience.
Prior to this special joint presentation, Yang and MOCA organize a day-long symposium Star-Crossed Rendezvous: The Musical Legacy of Isang Yun, gathering leading musicologists, composers and historians at the Ahmanson Auditorium in MOCA Grand Avenue.
Haegue Yang: Star-Crossed Rendezvous is organized by Paula Kroll, Assistant Curator, with Clara Kim, Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Lead support is provided by the MOCA Global Council and Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism of Korea, Korea Arts Management Service, and Korea Focus Support Program.
Major support is provided by Jerry and Terri Kohl, the MOCA Projects Council, and Margaret Morgan and Wesley Phoa.
Generous support is provided by CJ ENM.
Additional support is provided by Betsy Greenberg.
This exhibition is made possible by generous endowment support from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation.
Exhibitions at MOCA are supported by the MOCA Fund for Exhibitions with major funding provided by Tatiana Botton, The Goodman Family Foundation, Alfred E. Mann Charities, and Alicia Miñana and Robert Lovelace. Generous funding is provided by Michael and Zelene Fowler, The Earl and Shirley Greif Foundation, Pamela and Jarl Mohn, Jonathan Segal, the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation, and Pamela West.
About 🏛️ MOCA Grand Avenue
Frank Gehry's renovation defined The Geffen Contemporary as one of LA's most distinctive spaces for contemporary art, preserving much of the building's industrial character while adapting it for museum use. Originally built in 1947 by the LA firm A. C. Martin & Associates as a warehouse complex for Union Hardware Company, the building was later used by the city before falling largely vacant by the early 1980s.
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