A month and a day removed from FDR's “day that will live in infamy” is our generations’ version of the same, now one year old. But this festering enemy to democracy was — and is — very much within our borders: Americans who do not love this country despite despicable acts in its name. The truth will out (eventually). Such anarchy, led by an autocrat, has always inspired our artists to take deeply personal stands across years of outspoken shows like How Would You SAVE THE WORLD? and RESIST. Although she is brand-new to our community, CHAU NGUYEN was the strongest voice in this vein from our just-concluded UNDER $100. Her two powerful mixed-media assemblages, both of which found ready buyers, are from a body of experimental work the artist is creating about history and memory.
CHAU NGUYEN
“Unravel”
old canvas, paint stripper, oil, oil pastel,
gesso, history textbook on paper
95.
