{"product_id":"9781597114813","title":"An-My Le: On Contested Terrain","description":"Author: An-My Le\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781597114813\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Aperture\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 22 Sep 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 204\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn-My Le: On Contested Terrain\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive survey of the Vietnamese American artist, published on the occasion of a major exhibition organized by Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing, in part, from her own experiences of the Vietnam War, Le has created a body of work committed to expanding and complicating our understanding of the activities and motivations behind conflict and war. Throughout her thirty-year career, Le has photographed noncombatant roles of active-duty service members, often on the sites of former battlefields, including those reserved for training or the reenactment of war, and those created as film sets. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This publication includes selections from her well-known series \u003ci\u003eViet Nam\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmall Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e29 Palms\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEvents Ashore\u003c\/i\u003e, in addition to never-before-seen images, including recent photographs from the US-Mexico border, formative early work, and lesser-known projects. Essays by the organizing curator Dan Leers and curator Lisa J. Sutcliffe, as well as a dialogue between Le and Pulitzer Prizewinning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, address the ways in which Le's quiet, nuanced work complicates the landscapes of conflict that have long informed American identity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopublished by Aperture and Carnegie Museum of Art\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833138630814,"sku":"ADS-9781597114813","price":109.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781597114813.jpg?v=1778649990","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781597114813","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}