Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Danish-Vietnamese artist Danh Vo has embarked on a project on a trans-boundary scale. A project where his own life story, dreams, and desires are embedded in world history.

Danh Vo was born in the south of Vietnam in 1975. When he was four, his family fled the chaos of the post-war years in a boat built by his father. They were hoping to reach the USA, but instead they were picked up in the Pacific by a Danish cargo vessel.

In Denmark the family became Danish citizens and have lived here ever since – except for Danh Vo, the restless younger brother, who is constantly travelling and currently lives in Basel.

Danh Vo is interested in objects that are central to the self-image of the Western world and which commemorate or represent essential events or issues from world history.

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