Bui Cong Khanh (Danang, b. 1972) is a Hoian-based Vietnamese artist whose visually and conceptually-sophisticated practice ponders social issues in Vietnam today. Khanh uses local Vietnamese materials such as ceramics, textile, and carved timber as covert clues to critical significance. His work is in major public collections in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States.

The vessels suggest the fratricidal nature of the American War. The back faces are respectively adorned with a Southern military jacket, and a Northern one. In his picturing of disposable, utilitarian, and interchangeable clothing to signify factional opposition, Khanh can be seen as querying the War’s ongoing dividing effect.