Danh Vo Take My Breath Away, 2017
Marble fragment from a standing male statue "Leg and Feet", Western Europe, Roman Empire, 2nd century A.D.
28 5/16 x 21 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (72 x 54 x 42 cm)
(19732)
Must be sold with "Untitled", 2021
Vo presents this item in a way that allows its internal contradictions to quietly unravel through a simple act of recontextualization. The dismembered item is combined with new partners in a vivid compression of themes and eras. Within this approach, the artist’s family history—which arcs from wartime Vietnam through displacement and immigration to Europe—is used as a readymade material like any other, intertwining with the many lives and deaths spanning centuries and continents.