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Public and private politics in Vietnamese art

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On the wall in the background, a grid of 12 boxes of sharp wooden nails protrude from the wall. Near it are two feminine hands extending from the wall, with long, threatening pink fingernails. In the foreground is a beige sculpture on a plinth of a deity with long fingernails.

Subtly evoked or explicitly referenced, reclaiming individual narrative is a major subject for the Vietnamese artists whose work is on view in dual exhibitions at the John David Mooney Foundation: “A Village Before Us” and the Albert I. Goodman Collection of Vietnamese Art. The Goodman collection is one of the most complete collections of Vietnamese […]

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