New Exhibit: Moving Perspectives at Sackler Gallery
The newest temporary exhibit opens on Saturday, December, 6, 2008, at the Sackler Gallery. It is called “Moving Perspectives: Lida Abdul and Dinh Q Le.” The exhibit features video art from Asia. The work featured is by the two different artists Lida Abdul adn Dink Q Le. Lida Abdul is from Afghanistan and lived in India and the West during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The videos of Lida Abdul in this exhibit include Bricksellers of Kabul and In Transit. Dink Q Le is from the United States, but her works focus on Vietnam. One of her videos that is part of this exhibit is The Farmers and the Helicopters. The video art of both artists appear to be related to the aftermath of war and the context of war and contemporary society in the country’s they focus on.
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