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Artist/Maker
Pipo Nguyen-duy
(Vietnamese, born 1962)
Publisher
Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Date2003
MediumArchival inkjet print
DimensionsImage: 7 in. × 8 3/4 in. (17.8 × 22.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Wynant J. Williams '35 Art Collection Fund
Object number2020.8.27
Not on view
Description"Pipo Nguyen-duy’s photographs are as emotionally moving as they are beautiful. His photography stems from the traditional style of landscape painting. According to Jennie Hirsh, his “reliance on the natural world as a theatrical apparatus uncovers collisions between nature and culture, past and present, in carefully crystallized visions that inscribe themselves onto classical Western visions of the (un)natural world.” His photographs hold references to mythology and history, and capture a thought-provoking vision of the American landscape and people.
His photographic style has been greatly influenced by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Before the attacks, his work was more focused on the “back-story” of the landscapes he photographed, while the work is now focused more on reality and what is happening in the present. According to Stephen Borys, his work 'shows us a landscape developing, changing, retreating and advancing—a land of multiple hues and conditions.'" (SOURCE: Light Work, Syracuse, NY)
Additional Details
Provenance
2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Markings
No markings noted.
Signature
Signed and dated "Pipo 2003" on verso at lower right in ink.
Inscribed
No inscriptions noted.
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