Until August 23, 2009, Kunsthalle Basel presents Where the Lions Are, the first major institutional exhibition by Danh Vo.
Danh Vo (born in 1975 in Saigon, Vietnam) is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen and the Städelschule, Frankfurt. He currently
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lives and works in Berlin. In 2008 he participated, among other exhibitions, in Manifesta 7, Rovereto. This year, he has been nominated for the Preis der Nationalgalerie für Junge Kunst.
Danh Vo’s ongoing interest in the reasons for France’s involvement in Southeast Asia developed into a new body of work, which is presented at Kunsthalle Basel. The artist draws on three different archives that link together important moments in the history of Vietnam: the role of the missionaries sent to Southeast Asia by the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris in the 19th century, the official ending of the Vietnam war negotiated in Paris, and elements of Vo’s biography.
Danh Vo: Where the Lions Are / Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland. Opening reception, June 10, 2009.
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