{"id":8837,"date":"2011-09-29T08:46:55","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T15:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dvan.org\/?p=8837"},"modified":"2018-10-14T22:02:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T05:02:21","slug":"marvelous-metaphors-vietnamese-american-art-in-orange-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dvan.org\/2011\/09\/marvelous-metaphors-vietnamese-american-art-in-orange-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvelous Metaphors: Vietnamese American Art in Orange County"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an announcement about a terrific art show on display in Orange County, California, at the Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association’s gallery. If you’re in the area, check it out! On to November 5th.<\/em><\/p>\n

[Before we begin: have you heard about the\u00a0subscriber drive<\/a>? Win an iPod and other prizes!<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Marvelous Metaphors<\/em> Invites Audience\u2019s Interpretations<\/p>\n

By Cara Le<\/p>\n

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Picture a table lamp in your head. What sort of words come to mind? Home d\u00e9cor, light, luminescence, perhaps even the Enlightenment\u2026 Our minds are constantly filing concepts, sorting them by context and content. In the technological world, databases are created using this approach; it\u2019s called metadata. In poetry, tangible objects are used to relate to the intangible; this is called a metaphor. Thuy N. D. Tran, the guest curator for Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association\u2019s (VAALA) upcoming art exhibit, Marvelous Metaphors: Art as Visual Poetry<\/em>, was fixated on these ideas when she was asked to curate VAALA\u2019s next art exhibition for their new space.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn art we have similar visual cues that are referencing points, and [\u2026] the audience brings their own reference points with them,\u201d Tran explains.<\/p>\n

This, she continues, is the beauty of contemporary art\u2014a form so new, complex and diverse that people often feel lost when approaching contemporary artwork. This exhibition, which showcases the art of six Vietnamese American artists, welcomes the viewer to reflect on the pieces presented and interpret the messages behind them. The viewer, then, becomes part of the art-making process. This concept is conveyed quite literally in Van Tran\u2019s five reflection booklets, handmade especially for the show. Viewers are invited to fill the booklets with their thoughts on the exhibition, the pieces in on display, or better yet, to contribute with their own poetry, drawings and writings. It\u2019s a sort of meta-art.<\/p>\n

The collection of artworks were chosen for their diversity of forms: Christine Nguyen\u2019s chemical photo prints, Trinh Ponce\u2019s fiber art sculptures, Trinh Mai\u2019s mixed media projects, and Dao Strom\u2019s music and writings, Van Tran\u2019s tile works, just to name a few. Choosing artists who work in different media was important to Tran\u2014doing so \u00a0offers the audience a chance to participate and translate with new eyes and new approaches.<\/p>\n

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Christine Nguyen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Through this exhibit, the relationship between viewer and artist is blurred. No longer is art a one-sided process with a definite end, but rather a constant evolution of concepts and translations. As in poetry, audience interpretation is key\u2014and half the fun. \u201cIt\u2019s really up to you,\u201d she concludes. \u201cJust as you enjoy poetry, you can enjoy art in the same manner.\u201d No one\u2019s interpretation is correct or definitive. Thus, the most important perspective is your own.<\/p>\n

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Trinh Mai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marvelous Metaphors: Art as Visual Poetry<\/em> runs until November 5th at the VAALA Cultural Center, 1600 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, California. Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., and by appointment. Admission is free.\u00a0 For artists\u2019 biographies, please visit www.vaala.org<\/a> and click on Current Exhibition.<\/p>\n

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