Elizabeth Jaeger’s 'Beetles' (2024) is an immersive installation comprising hundreds of handmade beetles crafted from brass and ceramic. Each beetle is unique, featuring distinct facial expressions, contributing to the installation’s...
Elizabeth Jaeger’s "Beetles" (2024) is an immersive installation comprising hundreds of handmade beetles crafted from brass and ceramic. Each beetle is unique, featuring distinct facial expressions, contributing to the installation’s dynamic and engaging atmosphere. Installed in the pop-up exhibition space of Capsule at Hilltop Plaza in Hong Kong, the beetles are almost guiding visitors through the space: clusters of beetles greet visitors at the exhibition’s entrance, creating an immediate sense of intrigue and anticipation, and leading attendees toward the main exhibition area, effectively directing the flow of movement and enhancing the spatial experience. Occasionally, some beetles are found interacting with a ceramic dog, which appears immobilized within a fence, adding a narrative element to the installation.
Elizabeth Jaeger (1988, San Francisco) lives and works in New York. Jaeger’s dissonant yet poetic sculptures inhabit the space in between ontological categories –– her subtle visual inflections resist definition and embrace the rich mystery and murkiness of our shared reality. Recent solo exhibitions include: Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai; Mennour, Paris and Klemm’s, Berlin. Her work has been included in group shows at Whitney Museum, New York; Museum Sprengel, Hannover; MoMA Ps1, New York; Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen; Callie’s, Berlin; White Space, Beijing; Lisson Gallery, New York; Sculpture Center, New York; Capsule Venice, Venice; Silke Lindner, New York; Winter Street Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard; and Clima, Milan.