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The centerpiece of Tuan Andrew Nguyen\u2019s current on-line show at James Cohan Gallery<\/a> is \u00a0\u2018The Boat People,\u2019 a video about a heroic group of survivor children who\u2019ve become the last humans alive.\u00a0 They parade through their lonely world carrying wooden artifacts (sculpture hand crafted in Bataan, Philippines) that speak to war and migration pre-apocalypse.\u00a0 The Bodhisattva Guanyin reappears throughout the exhibition (here making a benevolent gesture), repeatedly orienting the narrative toward compassion.\u00a0 In a must-see video<\/a>, Nguyen explains that the dark, burned areas on the wood point to fire as \u2018a strong metaphor for freedom and liberation, both spiritual and political.\u2019 (On view through May 3rd<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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Tuan Andrew Nguyen, The Offering Of A Sentient Cry (detail – right hand only), hand-carved gmelina wood, 26.5 x 15.5 x 9 inches, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The centerpiece of Tuan Andrew Nguyen\u2019s current on-line show at James Cohan Gallery is \u00a0\u2018The Boat People,\u2019 a video about a heroic group of survivor children who\u2019ve become the last humans alive.\u00a0 They parade through their lonely world carrying wooden artifacts (sculpture hand crafted in Bataan, Philippines) that speak to war and migration pre-apocalypse.\u00a0 The … <\/p>\n

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