Danh Vo: Uterus
@ The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, 4th Floor
Opening Sunday, September 23rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 16th
The Renaissance Society will present an exhibition by Vietnam-born, Berlin-based artist Danh Vo, opening on September 23rd. When Vo was four, his family fled South Vietnam in a homemade boat, and was rescued at sea by a Danish ship. His family’s assimilation to European culture and the world historical events that precipitated their flight from Vietnam are intertwined in his artistic practice, which juxtaposes historical and personal artifacts.
The Renaissance Society will present previously exhibited and new work by Vo, in addition to collaborating with the Art Institute to bring Voʼs ongoing project We The People to Chicago and the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park. Fragments will be installed the Art Institute of Chicago as well as three University of Chicago campus venues: the Oriental Institute, the Booth School of Business and University of Chicago Law School.
The opening reception will be held September 23 from 4-7pm. There will be a conversation with the artist from 5-6pm in Breasted Hall, the Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th Street.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Tags: conceptual art, Danh Vo, Hyde Park, sculpture, The Oriental Institute, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
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