STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery Presents Dinh Q. Lê’s ‘Monuments & Memorials’
STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery presents award-winning Vietnamese artist Dinh Q. Lê’s first major solo exhibition in Singapore entitled ‘Monuments & Memorials‘. Running from 17 March to 12 May, ‘Monuments and Memorials’ marks the premiere of this series of works in Asia, also unveiling his first-ever three-dimensional weavings which feature the recent refugee exodus from […]
Dinh Q. Lê, ‘Splendor & Darkness (STPI) #2’, 2017, foiling and screen print on stonehenge paper; cut, weaved and burnt, with acid-free double-sided tape and linen tape, 101.5 x 69cm. Image courtesy STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery.
Dinh Q. Lê, ‘Splendor & Darkness (STPI) #3’, 2017, foiling and screen print on stonehenge paper; cut, weaved and burnt, with acid-free double-sided tape and linen tape, 67.5 x 104cm. Image courtesy STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery.
STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery presents award-winning Vietnamese artist Dinh Q. Lê’s first major solo exhibition in Singapore entitled ‘Monuments & Memorials‘. Running from 17 March to 12 May, ‘Monuments and Memorials’ marks the premiere of this series of works in Asia, also unveiling his first-ever three-dimensional weavings which feature the recent refugee exodus from Africa and the Middle East into Southern Europe.
Views of the Installations in ‘Monuments & Memorials’. Image courtesy Toni Cuhadi and STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery.
Views of the Installations in ‘Monuments & Memorials’. Image courtesy Toni Cuhadi and STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery.
Born in Vietnam, Lê’s family immigrated to the US at the age of ten to escape the Khmer Rouge. In 1994, Lê travelled to Cambodia and was confronted with the stark contrast between Angkor Wat’s beautiful architecture and the horrific cruelty of Tuol Sleng, prompting him to work on the series ‘Cambodia: Splendour and Darkness’ (1998-).
Views of the Installations in ‘Monuments & Memorials’. Image courtesy Toni Cuhadi and STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery.
Dinh Q. Lê, ‘Splendor & Darkness (STPI) #18’, 2017, foiling and screen print on stonehenge paper; cut, weaved and burnt, with acid-free double-sided tape and linen tape, 112 x 67cm. Image courtesy STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery.
Lê has woven photographic strips into a tapestry of images. His works encapsulate the common human experience of loss and redemption, merging Eastern and Western cultures, as well as personal and fictional realities.
‘Monuments & Memorials’ runs for two more weeks as of the publishing of this article.
More information at stpi.com.sg.
