All images Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris. Photo: Nick Ash.
When he was a child, Vo’s family fled Vietnam and settled in Denmark. His family’s assimilation to European culture and the political events that precipitated their flight from Vietnam are intertwined in his artistic practice; Vo’s work illuminates the interwoven strands of private experience and collective history that shape our sense of self. Using both historically rich readymade objects and personal details that directly and indirectly touch on his own life experiences, Vo examines the larger implications how meaning changes with context, as well as how objects accumulate symbolic weight.
untitled, 2020
16th century wooden christ and Rimowa luggage
80 x 44 x 36.5 cm
untitled, 2021
Fragment of a torso, Roman marble, Ist century CE, Shivakashi granite and standard construction wood
Variable dimensions
untitled, 2021
Venus torso, Roman marble, Ist century CE; bronze cast of the lower legs and feet of Vo’s partner, the artist Heinz Peter Knes, with feet crossed and toenails painted, Shivakashi granite and standard construction wood
Variable dimensions
untitled, 2021
15th century Madonna and Child oil paint on wood and 13-star American flag
Variable dimensions
untitled, 2021
Bronze, fragment from a sculpture of Pothos with a foot and a duck, Roman marble, I-II century CE, Shivakashi granite, and standard construction wood
Variable dimensions
