kayla tange

kayla tange

Los Angeles , California

Tange is a Los Angeles artist born in South Korea, adopted by a Japanese American family. Boundaries, desire, and permanence are recurring themes in their work.

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I Lost My Country, I Lost My Home, I Lost My Mother Tongue / No Record by kayla tange
I Lost My Country, I Lost My Home, I Lost My Mother Tongue / No Record by kayla tange
I Lost My Country, I Lost My Home, I Lost My Mother Tongue / No Record by kayla tange Image: "I Lost My Country, I Lost My Home, I Lost My Mother Tongue," 2024, explores the grief of displacement and the erasure of language through translation. Forced migration and adoption, driven by capitalism, sever not just familial ties but also the ability to communicate in one’s mother tongue. This piece reflects on the weight of losing home, identity, and voice to systems that commodify human lives.
I Lost My Country, I Lost My Home, I Lost My Mother Tongue / No Record by kayla tange
I Lost My Country, I Lost My Home, I Lost My Mother Tongue / No Record by kayla tange
I Lost My Country, I Lost My Home, I Lost My Mother Tongue / No Record by kayla tange
I Lost My Country, I Lost My Home, I Lost My Mother Tongue / No Record by kayla tange
I Lost My Country, I Lost My Home, I Lost My Mother Tongue / No Record by kayla tange
I Lost My Country, I Lost My Home, I Lost My Mother Tongue / No Record by kayla tange
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  • I Lost My Country, I Lost My Home, I Lost My Mother Tongue / No Record, 2024
  • Acrylic, Wood, LED, plexiglass, acrylic paint, Nylon
  • 6 1⁄4”x12”x1/4”
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"No Record," 2024, is a sculptural display of adoption documents in Korean and English. It is about home and abandonment, about longing and loss, about drowning in grief and swimming through shame, about my body as a commodity and the choices made in desperation. It is part of the Bought and Sold series.
Photo Credit: Sara Pooley

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