Press release
Vietnamese-American artist Diane Severin Nguyen (b. 1990, California, USA) premieres an entirely new body of work centred on a new film and accompanied by photography, sculpture and a participatory kinetic installation. The exhibition extends Nguyen’s inquiry into the politics of victimhood and what the artist calls "the double bind of the sentimental gaze" where brutalised subjects are simultaneously encouraged and punished for expressions of vulnerability. She asks how perceptions of war and violence become part of contemporary selfhood.
Curated by Xue Tan with Lydia Antoniou
Duration
18.11.26– 22.5.27
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Diane Severin Nguyen
In Her Time, 2023
Video installation, 4k video: color and sound, 62:37 minutes.
Commissioned and produced by the Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, with support from the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver.
Installation view at Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2023.
Photo: Rockbund Art Museum.
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Diane Severin Nguyen
Are you young? It doesn’t matter, 2023
Light installation, with sound; 22 minutes.
Installation view at Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2023.
Photo: Rockbund Art Museum.
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Diane Severin Nguyen
Photo: Diana Pfammatter
