Tuan Andrew Nguyen: The Island
Aug 16, 2024 - May 04, 2025
Artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen creates multimedia installations that blend fact, memory, myth, and mysticism and use lush imagery to draw out these entanglements. By digging deep into archives and collaborating with communities, his projects weave together many voices to reveal other truths about鈥夆�斺�塧nd strategies of repair from鈥夆�斺�塩olonial violence. In this Washington, DC debut, his video work The Island (2017) is shown for the first time with Bidong Spirit I, a sculpted headdress Nguyen created for the film. The titles of both artworks refer to the tiny Malaysian island of Pulau Bidong, a primary destination for Vietnamese escaping by boat after the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975.
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Artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen creates multimedia installations that blend fact, memory, myth, and mysticism and use lush imagery to draw out these entanglements. By digging deep into archives and collaborating with communities, his projects weave together many voices to reveal other truths about鈥夆�斺�塧nd strategies of repair from鈥夆�斺�塩olonial violence. In this Washington, DC debut, his video work The Island (2017) is shown for the first time with Bidong Spirit I, a sculpted headdress Nguyen created for the film. The titles of both artworks refer to the tiny Malaysian island of Pulau Bidong, a primary destination for Vietnamese escaping by boat after the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975.
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Sunday - Saturday
11:30 AM - 7:00 PM
8th and F Streets, NW Downtown - Washington D.C., DC, USA 20004
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Tuan Andrew Nguyen's solo presentation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum is on view from August 16, 2024 through May 4, 2025.
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