BENJAMIN BLACKWELL
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Dinh Q. Lê: True Journey Is Return” is on view at the San José Museum of Art in California through Sunday, April 7. The exhibition brings together five of the artist’s major video and photography installations, which chronicle the Vietnam War’s impacts on Vietnamese life. Also on view is a selection of Lê’s photographs from the Saigon flower market.
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Dinh Q. Lê, Crossing the Farther Shore (detail), 2014, found photographs, thread, and linen tape.
NASH BAKER
Dinh Q. Lê, Crossing the Farther Shore (detail), 2014, found photographs, thread, and linen tape.
NASH BAKER
Dinh Q. Lê, The Imaginary Country, 2006, four-channel video installation.
BENJAMIN BLACKWELL/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SHOSHANA WAYNE GALLERY
Installation view of "Dinh Q. Lê: True Journey Is Return," at San José Museum of Art.
BENJAMIN BLACKWELL
Installation view of "Dinh Q. Lê: True Journey Is Return," at San José Museum of Art.
BENJAMIN BLACKWELL
Dinh Q. Lê, Light and Belief: Voices and Sketches of Life from the Vietnam War (still), 2012.
COURTESY CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART, PITTSBURGH
Dinh Q. Lê, Untitled, from the series “Tapestry,” 2006, chromogenic print and linen tape.
COURTESY UBS ART COLLECTION
Dinh Q. Lê, Untitled, from the series “Tapestry,” 2006, chromogenic print and linen tape.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND P.P.O.W., NEW YORK
Dinh Q. Lê, Untitled, from the series “Tapestry,” 2006, chromogenic print and linen tape.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND P.P.O.W., NEW YORK
Dinh Q. Lê, Untitled, from the series “Tapestry,” 2006, chromogenic print and linen tape.
COLLECTION OF JENNIFER AND ROBERT JAMES
Dinh Q. Lê, Untitled, from the series “Tapestry,” 2006, chromogenic print and linen tape.
COLLECTION OF EDWARD TYLER NAHEM, NEW YORK
Dinh Q. Lê, Vision in Darkness: Tran Trung Tin (detail), 2015, tin in color pigment mixed with oil on newspaper, and single-channel video with sound.
© DINH Q. LÊ, COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SHOSHANA WAYNE GALLERY, SANTA MONICA