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Haegue Yang 梁慧圭
STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery 新加坡泰勒印刷學院
Cinnamon Sheets Composition 肉桂板構圖
2017
Take a moment to look at these five compositions. The grainy surface may resemble sandpaper at first, but the brown hues actually come from a coating of cinnamon powder. The cinnamon used here is sourced from various regions in South and Southeast Asia, each producing subtly different tones. Historically, cinnamon was a highly rare and valuable commodity, worth more than gold in colonial maritime trade. Yet today, it could not be more common. Haegue Yang transforms cinnamon into geometric compositions, the mesmerising patterns hinting at dynamics of socioeconomic history and geopolitics.
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