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Special Exhibition
Dinh Q. Lê: Memory for Tomorrow

2016.3.19(Sat) — 5.15(Sun)

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Born in Hà Tiên, Vietnam, near the border with Cambodia, Dinh Q. Lê (b.1968) moved to the United States with his family at the age of 10, fleeing invasion by the Khmer Rouge regime of Pol Pot. After studying photography and media arts at university, he made a stunning debut with a series created using the technique of “photo-weaving” inspired by traditional Vietnamese woven mats. These works, made by thinly slicing up images from Hollywood films and journalistic photographs from the Vietnam War and weaving many layers of images together, were rooted in Dinh’s issues of identity as a Vietnamese person who had left his home country at a young age and grown up in an American cultural environment.

The artist rose to further international prominence with The Farmers and The Helicopters (2006), which contained interviews with a Vietnamese man who was attempting to build his own helicopter and other people discussing their feelings about the flying machines, interspersed with Vietnam War scenes gleaned from American movies and news footage, dipicting Vietnamese citizens’ complex relationship to the war. Currently based in Ho Chi Minh, Dinh produces video installations based on thorough research and interviews, which shed light on the past through people’s discussions of actual experiences, and address issues such as war and immigration from unique vantage points.

Forty years after the Vietnam War drew to a close, and 70 years since the end of World War II, it is more crucial than ever that we take a long, close look at the tragic legacy of these wars, so as to prevent invisible forces from once again setting the world on the march to destruction. In this exhibition, the works of Dinh Q Lê present to us the memories of individuals that have been lost in the shadows of history, and inspire each of us to think deeply about our futures.

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Exhibition Period

2016.3.19(Sat) — 5.15(Sun)

Opening Hours

10:00–17:00

No admittance 30 minutes before closing

Closed

Mondays *unless Monday is a national holiday, in which case the museum will be closed on the next non-holiday.

Admission

Adults 1,030 (820) yen, University Students 720 (620) yen, High School Students and Seniors [65 and over] 510 (410) yen
*Price in parentheses is that of advance ticket and a group of 30 or more
*Free for children under Junior High School age
*May 5 (Children’s Day): Free for children under High School age

Organized by

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, The Chugoku Shimbun

Supported by

Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima Municipal Board of Education, Hiroshima FM Broad Casting Co., Ltd., Onomichi FM Broad Casting Co., Ltd.