Truong Tran: I Meant to Say Please Pass the Sugar
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"I Meant to Say Please Pass the Sugar..." is a solo exhibition of visual artist Truong Tran's work. The show was on view at the Telegraph Hill Gallery in San Francisco from March 7 until April 11, 2014.
The exhibition features 19 works by Tran, consisting precisely of 9,000 hand-crafted butterflies, an ode to those killed for Damien Hirst's "In and Out of Love" exhibit at the Tate Modern.
"From afar, the aesthetic beauty of Tran's art is what lures you in. But the subject matter is what keeps us all engaged and asking questions," said M. Madrigal, owner of the Telegraph Hill Gallery. "It's not just about what you see but how you are processing and viewing his work."
Tran began hand-cutting his butterflies from reclaimed and recycled magazines in 2010--a process he refers to as "a meditation on themes of loss and reconciliation." His resulting collection of work simultaneously attracts and repulses viewers while intermingling themes of desire, cultural appropriation, and the political body. It explores how society views the body and the political implications that are embedded in our visual understanding of the images.
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The exhibition features 19 works by Tran, consisting precisely of 9,000 hand-crafted butterflies, an ode to those killed for Damien Hirst's "In and Out of Love" exhibit at the Tate Modern.
"From afar, the aesthetic beauty of Tran's art is what lures you in. But the subject matter is what keeps us all engaged and asking questions," said M. Madrigal, owner of the Telegraph Hill Gallery. "It's not just about what you see but how you are processing and viewing his work."
Tran began hand-cutting his butterflies from reclaimed and recycled magazines in 2010--a process he refers to as "a meditation on themes of loss and reconciliation." His resulting collection of work simultaneously attracts and repulses viewers while intermingling themes of desire, cultural appropriation, and the political body. It explores how society views the body and the political implications that are embedded in our visual understanding of the images.
Our Role: Creative Development, Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production