Untitled
Dinh Q. Lê, Vietnamese, 1968 - 2024
2004
Chromogenic color print and linen tape
Frame: 38 × 72 in. (96.5 × 182.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ninah and Michael Lynne
© Dinh Q. Lê
2019.85.4
Geography
Place Made: Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
Period
21st century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Label
By drawing upon his remaining memories as a Vietnam War refugee, Dinh Q. Lê uses photographs from US news sources and stills from Hollywood films to reconstruct narratives of the Vietnam War. Look carefully to find images in Untitled of a strapped soldier in a crucifix-like position, a woman wearing a cowboy hat woven against the upside-down face of another woman, and a line of military men with parachutes.
During the artist’s childhood in Vietnam, his aunt taught him how to weave grass mats. This experience later influenced his current photo-weaving technique. Here, Lê reflects on his own memories of the Vietnam War, adapting traditional techniques to weave together popular film stills romanticizing violence. In Untitled, Lê grapples with the representation and resonance of the Vietnam War.
From the 2023 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 115, Connecting Threads and Woven Stories, curated by Caitlyn King '24, Class of 1954 Intern
Course History
WRIT 03.05, US History, Immigration, and Native Peoples, Douglas Moody, Winter 2021
WRIT 03.05, US History, Immigration, and Native Peoples, Douglas Moody, Winter 2021
WRIT 3, Composition and Research II, Doug Moody, Winter 2022
WRIT 5.05, Photographic Representations, Amanda Wetsel, Fall 2022
WRIT 5.06, Photographic Representations, Amanda Wetsel, Fall 2022
ASCL 7.03,Asian-American Art and Architecture, Sujin Eom, Winter 2023
Environmental Studies 44.01/Geography 44.01, Environment and Politics in Southeast Asia, Chris Sneddon, Winter 2023
Writing Program 3.06, Composition and Research II, Doug Moody, Winter 2023
Asian Society, Culture, & Language 7.03, Asian-American Art and Architecture, Sujin Eom, Winter 2023
Exhibition History
Dihn Q. Lê: From Vietnam to Hollywood, P.P.O.W., New York, March 18-April 17, 2004.
A Space for Dialogue 115, Connecting Threads and Woven Stores, Caitlyn King '24, Class of 1954 Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 21 - December 16, 2023.
Provenance
Private collection; given to present collection, 2019.
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