DANH VÕ [Võ Trung Kỳ Danh] (Vũng Tàu 1975) - KNES Heinz Peter (Gemünden am Main, Germany 1969)
Berlin, MD72, 2011, 31 × 21.8 cm, Softcover, 32 pp., Collaborative artist’s book by Heinz Peter Knes and Danh Võ exploring Théodore Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa and its sculptural reproduction on the painter’s tomb at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. Through photographic details and an essay by Doryun Chong, the publication connects the painting’s history of shipwreck, colonialism and survival with questions of reproduction, scale and proportion. The mayfly, whose scientific name gives the book its title, introduces a parallel reflection on mortality, reproduction and the brevity of life. Published on the occasion of the artists’ exhibition at MD72, Berlin, in 2011.
“While its individual life span and even full life cycle may be brief, the mayfly as a species has been around for a long time, predating the dinosaurs.”
DANH VÕ [Võ Trung Kỳ Danh] (Vũng Tàu 1975) - KNES Heinz Peter (Gemünden am Main, Germany 1969)
Berlin, MD72, 2011, 31 × 21.8 cm, Softcover, 32 pp., Collaborative artist’s book by Heinz Peter Knes and Danh Võ exploring Théodore Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa and its sculptural reproduction on the painter’s tomb at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. Through photographic details and an essay by Doryun Chong, the publication connects the painting’s history of shipwreck, colonialism and survival with questions of reproduction, scale and proportion. The mayfly, whose scientific name gives the book its title, introduces a parallel reflection on mortality, reproduction and the brevity of life. Published on the occasion of the artists’ exhibition at MD72, Berlin, in 2011.
“While its individual life span and even full life cycle may be brief, the mayfly as a species has been around for a long time, predating the dinosaurs.”
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