Haegue YangKorean, 1971The Intermediate--Naturalized Klangkoerper
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “The Intermediate--Naturalized Klangkoerper” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
The Intermediate – Naturalized Klangkoerper uses contemporary mass-produced materials—in the “readymade” tradition of modernist art—to conjure folklore and history from the artist’s native South Korea. Its anthropomorphic straw form is suggestive of Korean straw dolls popular in folklore rituals, and the bells integrated throughout the work evoke Korean shaman rituals in which the shaman, almost exclusively women in the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), would ring bronze bells to communicate with the spiritual world.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Details
- Accession number
- 2018.29
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — © the artist or rights holder
