Danh Vō

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Danh Vō (2018)

Danh Vō (* 1975 in Bà Rịa , Vietnam) is a Danish performance and conceptual artist.

Life

Danh Vō was born in Bà Rịa in South Vietnam in August 1975 after his parents and older siblings had been evacuated from North Vietnam a few months earlier after the end of the Vietnam War . At the age of four, Danh Vō and his family fled Vietnam in a self-built boat from the Sino-Vietnamese War ; The destination of the trip was the USA. After a short journey, the family with the other refugees was rescued on the unseaworthy boat by a freighter belonging to the Danish shipping company Maersk and brought to nearby Singapore. There she was housed in a refugee camp. Four months later, the family was able to emigrate to Denmark, where Danh Vō grew up. He attended the Royal Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen and the Städelschule in Frankfurt. In 2006 he moved to Berlin. Danh Vō now lives in Mexico City. His studio is located in a former pig farm in the Stechlin community .

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An important theme in Danh Vō's work is the examination of identity, belonging and his migration history. So he puts z. For example, a chandelier with the title: “08:03:51, May 28, 2009”, which dates from the late 19th century and, before being used as a work of art in the former Hotel Majestic in Paris, hung in the room where 1973 the Paris Armistice Agreement to End the Vietnam War was signed. "We the people" is a work that consists of a faithful replica of the New York Statue of Liberty made in Shanghai in around 400 individual parts made of copper, which are exhibited on different continents; the title “We the people” is the beginning of the United States Constitution.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2019: Untitled , South London Gallery, London
  • 2018: Danh Vo: Take My Breath Away , Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
  • 2015: Ydob eht ni mraw si ti , Museum Ludwig, Cologne
  • 2015: mothertongue , Danish Pavilion, 56th Venice Biennale
  • 2014: We the people , Brooklyn Bridge Park & ​​City Hall Park, New York (project with the Public Art Fund)

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Danh Vo | artnet. Retrieved November 29, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Calvin Tomkins: The Artist Questioning Authorship . January 22, 2018, ISSN  0028-792X ( newyorker.com [accessed November 29, 2019]).
  3. ^ Susan Morgan: A Modern Surprise Is Hiding Behind the Historic Facade of Artist Danh Vo's Mexico City Home. In: W Magazine. September 20, 2017, accessed November 29, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Danh Vo. In: secession.at. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Gutshof Güldenhof | Heim Balp Architects. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Andrea Whittle: Danh Vo's German Pastoral. In: garage. March 15, 2020, accessed on April 27, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Güldenhof, Brandenburg, Germany on Instagram • Photos and videos. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  8. ↑ DANIEL SANDER : Who am I? In: Spiegel Online . June 29, 2009 ( spiegel.de [accessed November 29, 2019]).
  9. ^ We the People (detail). In: Guggenheim. February 7, 2018, Retrieved November 29, 2019 (American English).
  10. ↑ Danh Vo. In: Take Ninagawa. July 27, 2018, accessed November 29, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Vō, Danh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish performance and concept artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Bà Rịa , Vietnam