Yung Jake

New

July 12 – August 23, 2014 

 

Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014
Yung Jake, New, Steve Turner Contemporary, 2014

New, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, July 2014

New, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, July 2014

New, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, July 2014

New, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, July 2014

New, Installation view, Steve Turner Contemporary, July 2014

what are you doing tn?, 2014. Printed vinyl on found metal, 72 x 70 inches

Old (Page 1) & Old (Page 2), 2014. Printed vinyl on found metal, 46 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches each

Old (Page 1), 2014. Printed vinyl on found metal, 46 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches

Old (Page 1), 2014. Printed vinyl on found metal, 46 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (detail)

Old (Page 2), 2014. Printed vinyl on found metal, 46 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches

Old (Page 2), 2014. Printed vinyl on found metal, 46 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (detail)

1280 x 720, Printed vinyl on found metal, fluorescent lights, 36 1/2 x 77 x 35 inches

Balloons, 2014. Printed vinyl on found metal, 30 1/4 x 26 3/4 inches

Internet Skeleton , 2014. Printed vinyl on found metal, 30 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches

Small file, 2014. Printed vinyl on found metal, 35 x 28 1/4 inches

Small file, 2014. Printed vinyl on found metal, 35 x 28 1/4 inches (detail)

Chiraq, 2014. Digital print on clear adhesive wrap, found metal, 24 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches

Chiraq, 2014. Digital print on clear adhesive wrap, found metal, 24 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (detail)

Printer, 2014. Digital print on found metal, 24 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches

jsuk, 2014. Printed vinyl on found metal, fluorescent lights, 48 x 41 x 41 inches

jsuk, 2014. Printed vinyl on found metal, 48 x 41 x 41 inches

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Steve Turner Contemporary is pleased to present New, a solo exhibition featuring sculpture by Los Angeles-based artist Yung Jake. The works consist of reclaimed scrap metal upon which internet content has been attached or printed. In this series Yung Jake considers the nexus between the overlooked and the ever-present, both in real life and online.

Yung Jake was born 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) and at MOCA (2014). He earned a BFA at CalArts in 2012. This is his second solo exhibition at Steve Turner. He will have a solo project at ABC Berlin in September 2014.