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Dante\u2019s famous 14th<\/sup> century epic poem \u2018The Divine Comedy\u2019 led him from the inferno to purgatory to the heavens on a spiritual journey that inspired Tammy Nguyen<\/a>\u2019s trio of exhibitions at Lehman Maupin<\/a>\u2019s Seoul, London and now New York galleries. \u00a0Taking Dante\u2019s pathway as a loose framework for her own consideration of the forces that shape our world, she combines abundant and diverse imagery to suggest the complexity of history.\u00a0 Recurring images of Frankenstein recall the global impact of Indonesian volcano Mount Tambora\u2019s massive volcanic eruption in 1815, which created stormy weather patterns that kept Mary Shelly indoors inventing her famous character.\u00a0 Images of President Eisenhower\u2019s head and segments of his 1961 farewell address warning of the rising military industrial complex appear alongside eagles that symbolize soaring American political ambitions while also recalling Dante\u2019s encounter with an eagle who snatches him up to fly onward.\u00a0 Competing notions of progress appear in the show\u2019s densely layered, imagery-rich paintings, their own complexity suggesting an unstoppable progression of myriad events that impacts both present and future.\u00a0 (On view in Chelsea through Aug 15th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

Tammy Nguyen, Beneath the Shadow of its Wing, watercolor, vinyl paint, pastel, silkscreen printing, rubber stamping, hot stamping, and metal leaf on paper stretched over wood and gator board panel, 70 x 48 x 2 inches, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tammy Nguyen, (detail) Beneath the Shadow of its Wing, watercolor, vinyl paint, pastel, silkscreen printing, rubber stamping, hot stamping, and metal leaf on paper stretched over wood and gator board panel, 70 x 48 x 2 inches, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dante\u2019s famous 14th century epic poem \u2018The Divine Comedy\u2019 led him from the inferno to purgatory to the heavens on a spiritual journey that inspired Tammy Nguyen\u2019s trio of exhibitions at Lehman Maupin\u2019s Seoul, London and now New York galleries. \u00a0Taking Dante\u2019s pathway as a loose framework for her own consideration of the forces that … <\/p>\n

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