Danh Vō
27 Sep - 02 Nov 2013
DANH VŌ
Log Dog
27 September - 2 November 2013
Through works inspired by his life experiences and historically rich readymade objects, artist Danh Vō interrogates the construction of inherited cultural values, conflicts, and displacement. Appearing highly personal at first sight, the work of Danh Vō is in fact powerfully political. Neither direct nor confrontational, his practice explores the power games underlying liberal societies, the rules governing those societies, and the fragility of the nation-state idea. When he was a child, Vo’s family fled Vietnam and settled in Denmark. His work draws on personal and historical arti¬facts that directly and indirectly touch on this experience to examine how such items are dispersed across borders or symbolize transnational movements.
Log Dog
27 September - 2 November 2013
Through works inspired by his life experiences and historically rich readymade objects, artist Danh Vō interrogates the construction of inherited cultural values, conflicts, and displacement. Appearing highly personal at first sight, the work of Danh Vō is in fact powerfully political. Neither direct nor confrontational, his practice explores the power games underlying liberal societies, the rules governing those societies, and the fragility of the nation-state idea. When he was a child, Vo’s family fled Vietnam and settled in Denmark. His work draws on personal and historical arti¬facts that directly and indirectly touch on this experience to examine how such items are dispersed across borders or symbolize transnational movements.