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	Podcast:		MPavilion
	Episode:		MTalks—Danh Vo In Conversation With Jason Smith • Fri 21 Oct 2016
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:58:02
	Publish Date:		2016-11-03 01:01:34
	Description:		Vietnamese-born Danish artist Danh Vō joined us for a special conversation with Geelong Gallery director Jason Smith, for this MTalk. Danh Vō’s early life was defined by upheaval: Danh and his family fled their native South Vietnam, launching seaward in a homemade boat to be rescued at sea by a Danish freighter and re-settled in Denmark. Danh’s art is often attributed to these early events and the subsequent new location he and his family found themselves in—a dialogue between the historical and the personal, of identity and belonging. Danh Vō’s art is wonderfully prolific, and perhaps most recognisable is the work We The People (pictured), one that continued Danh’s artistic narrative in the form of a 1:1 scale model of the Statue of Liberty but deconstructed into 250 smaller individual pieces: an exposition that prompts the viewer to ponder the very meaning of liberty. We invite you revisit to this MTalks event, to explore the depth of Danh’s work.
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