Dinh Q. Lê
Untitled 13 (From Vietnam to Hollywood Series), 2004
Fuji Professional Color Paper and Linen Tape
86 x 171 cm
Dinh Q. Lê's 'From Vietnam to Hollywood series' utilizes a traditional Vietnamese weaving method to intertwine photojournalistic images from the Vietnam War and family found photos along with stills from...
Dinh Q. Lê's "From Vietnam to Hollywood series" utilizes a traditional Vietnamese weaving method to intertwine photojournalistic images from the Vietnam War and family found photos along with stills from Hollywood films about the conflict. This work critiques the inaccurate and often propagandistic depictions of the war in American media, juxtaposing them with personal and historical narratives. The resulting woven artworks create a visually complex and disorienting tapestry of contrasting memories and perspectives, encouraging viewers to explore the nature of truth and memory in wartime contexts. In this work, Untitled 13 (from Vietnam to Hollywood Series), we see multiple images. On the left is a found photo of a Vietnamese family, from his over 100,000 he collected from shops in Saigon. The coffin is that of the funeral of President John F. Kennedy. The Asian man in the grey suit might be Bùi Diễm, the South Vietnamese ambassador to the United States who sought financial and military aid during the Vietnam War, or Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, the President of South Vietnam during the administrations of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. The central image is of Robert De Niro in the film The Deer Hunter.
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