Designed under the direction of the artist, this monograph is devoted to Danh Vo's in situ installation at the CAPC museum, through which the conceptual artist explores the relationship between individual and collective history, and the notions of power and masculinity.
Published on the occasion of
Danh Vo's exhibition at CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, from May 29 to October 28, 2018.
Performance art inspired
conceptual artist Danh Vo (born 1975 in Bà Ria, Vietnam) studied at the Städelschule of Frankfurt, Germany and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Copenhagen, Denmark.
His work has been presented in the context of numerous exhibitions in the most prestigious international institutions including: Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York (2018), National Gallery Singapore (2017); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2016); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2015); Nottingham Contemporary (2014); Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2014); Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (2013); Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York (2013); Art Institute of Chicago (2012-2013); Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2012); National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen (2012, 2010); Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (2009); MoMA, New York (2009); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Nerherlands (2008); Bergen Kunsthall, Norway (2006).
He also participated in the Shanghai Biennial in 2012 and the Biennale di Venezia in 2013 and 2015. He was awarded the Hugo Boss Prize 2012 and nominated for the Nationalgalerie Prize for Young Art of Berlin in 2009. He also received the BlauOrange Kunstpreis der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken of Berlin in 2007.
