Sea of Fertility (After Mishima)
2009
Sea of Fertility (After Mishima)
2009
Born in Vietnam in 1975, Danh Vo escaped the Vietnam War in 1979 in a boat built by his father, before growing up in Denmark. Marked by this episode, his work examines the paradoxes of history. Sea of Fertility (after Mishima) consists of a page from the artist’s Danish passport, decorated with the earliest known image of Jesus Christ from Denmark, of around 1 000 AD, testifying to the Viking encounter with Christianity. It is set in a frame against a sheet of wallpaper whose motifs are derived from plants collected in the second half of the 19th century, in South China and Tibet, by the missionary Jean-André Soulié, later executed by the Tibetans. These narratives are here interweaved, questioning the validity of the separation of the political and spiritual spheres.
| Domain | Oeuvre en 3 dimensions |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Impression digitale sur papier non-tissé, image imprimée encadrée |
| Dimensions | 28,0 x 24,3 x 2,3 cm |
| Acquisition | Achat, 2011 |
| Inventory no. | AM 2011-5 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Danh Vo
(1975, Vietnam) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Sea of Fertility (After Mishima) |
| Creation date | 2009 |
| Domain | Oeuvre en 3 dimensions |
| Description | Installation composée d'une page originale du passeport danois de l'artiste encadrée et accrochée sur un papier peint imprimé. |
| Techniques | Impression digitale sur papier non-tissé, image imprimée encadrée |
| Dimensions | 28,0 x 24,3 x 2,3 cm |
| Printing | Fournie avec master pour reproduction digitale du papier peint . Le CD est rangé au CAG dans l'armoire COEPF |
| Acquisition | Achat, 2011 |
| Collection area | Cabinet d'art graphique |
| Inventory no. | AM 2011-5 |
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Bibliography
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