Elizabeth Jaeger 伊丽莎白·耶格, Beetles 甲壳虫, 2024

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.

伊丽莎白·耶格的《甲虫》是一件沉浸式装置作品，由数百只手工制作的黄铜和陶瓷甲虫组成。每只甲虫都独一无二，带有不同的面部表情，共同营造出生动而富有互动感的氛围。这些位于本次《充实胶囊》展览空间入口处的甲虫仿佛成为了观众的引路者：成群的甲虫聚集在展览入口处，瞬间激发观众的好奇与期待，引导他们向主展区前行，也为展览赋予了更多空间体验。装置中偶尔还能见到甲虫与一只陶瓷狗互动的场景。那只狗被围栏困住，与甲虫们的活跃形成鲜明对比，为作品增添了一抹叙事性的意味。

伊丽莎白·耶格（1988年生于旧金山）现居纽约。耶格诗意而不和谐的雕塑作品无法被任何单一的存在类别所定义，其视觉上微妙的变换折射了现实本身的神秘混沌。她近期曾在胶囊上海（中国上海）、Mennour（法国巴黎）和Klemm’s（德国柏林）举办个展。她的作品曾在惠特尼美术馆（美国纽约）、Sprengel 博物馆（德国汉诺威）、MoMA PS1（美国纽约）、摩斯布洛赫美术馆（德国勒沃库森）、阿斯彭艺术博物馆（美国阿斯彭）、Callie’s（德国柏林）、空白空间（中国北京）、里森画廊（美国纽约）、纽约雕塑中心（美国纽约）、胶囊威尼斯（意大利威尼斯）、Silke Lindner（美国纽约）、Winter Street Gallery（美国马撒葡萄园岛）和Clima（意大利米兰）等机构和画廊的群展中展出。