30 June 2010 - 24 January 2011
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Q. Lê, in collaboration with Tran Quoc Hai, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, and
Phu-Nam Thuc Ha. Still from The Farmers and The Helicopters. 2006.
Three-channel video (color, sound), helicopter, painted steel, vinyl.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the artist, Fund for the
Twenty-First Century, and Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds. ©
2010 Dinh Q. Lê. Courtesy the artist; P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York;
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica; and Elizabeth Leach Gallery |
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PROJECTS 93: DINH Q. LÊ
June 30, 2010–January 24, 2011
Dinh Q. Lê (Vietnamese American, b. 1968) weaves together—both literally
and figuratively—personal recollections with larger histories and
mythologies often related to the Vietnam War, also known as the American
War in Lê’s native country. For Projects 93, Lê presents The Farmers
and The Helicopters (2006), an installation comprised of a three-channel
video and a helicopter hand-built from scrap parts by Le Van Danh, a
farmer, and Tran Quoc Hai, a self-taught mechanic. Lê’s video interlaces
the personal recollections of the war by Vietnamese locals with clips
from Western films. While many of the interviewees relayed childhood
memories of the horrors associated with helicopters during the war, the
helicopter-makers shared their vision of this machine as a means to
simplify their life and bring strength to their community. Installed in
adjacent galleries, the helicopter and the video projection offer a
multilayered insight into the complex relationships between the
Vietnamese individuals and the charged object of the helicopter.
Organized by Klaus Biesenbach, MoMA’s Chief Curator at Large and
Director of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center; and Cara Starke, Assistant
Curator, Department of Media and Performance Art.
The Elaine Dannheisser Projects Series is made possible in part by The
Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art and the JA Endowment
Committee.
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