Danh Vo
Danh Vo
b. 1975 in Bà Rịa, Vietnam
Works in exhibition
Untitled, 2015
Marble torso of Apollo, Roman workshop, 1st–2nd century AD; wood; nails
Untitled, 2015
Ink on paper, writing by Phung Vo
Untitled, 2015
Ink on paper, writing by Phung Vo
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Grew up in Denmark. Studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and the Städelschule in Frankfurt. He was awarded the Hugo Boss Prize in 2012. He has had many solo exhibitions throughout Europe and the USA since 2006, with exhibitions in Nottingham, New York, and Beijing in 2014 alone. He has also curated several exhibitions in Europe, including a solo exhibition for Felix Gonzalez-Torres (2010). Vo has participated in many group exhibitions, including international exhibitions such as Manifesta 7 (2008), the Yokohama Triennale (2008 and 2014), the Berlin Biennale (2010 and 2014), the 2010 Gwangju Biennale, the 2011 Singapore Biennale, and the 2013 Venice Biennale. His work is included in public collections around the world. Vo will be representing Denmark at the 2015 Venice Biennale.
At Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015, Vo presents a three-dimensional piece with the torso of a marble statue of Apollo from the 1st–2nd century cradled in a vintage Carnation Milk crate and two works with writing by the artist’s father Phung Vo in the northern entrance of Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, an area that is usually closed to the public.
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Danh Vo, Untitled, 2015. Installation view at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art for Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015. Photo by Norimasa Kawata
