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Ancestral Altar #12
Photograph

2005
33 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (84.46 x 64.77 cm)

Binh Danh (Vietnam, 1977 - )

Object Type: Photograph
Medium and Support: Chlorophyll print and resin
Credit Line: Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation
Accession Number: 2005.34

Exhibition

Encode/Store/Retrieve, December 8, 2023 – April 21, 2024, Second Floor, Central and North Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Post-Portrait
, October 9, 2014 – January 18, 2015, New Wing, First Floor, Gibson Family Gallery, San José Museum of Art.

So, Who Do You Think You Are?, September 25, 2011 - January 15, 2012, New Wing, Second Floor, Central Skylight Gallery, San José Museum of Art.

Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.

New Year, New Gifts, December 16, 2006 – May 20. 2007, New Wing, Second Floor, North and South Metro A Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

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Post-Portrait (2014-2015)

Combining nineteenth-century photographic processes similar to daguerreotypes and tintypes with his own technical inventions, Binh Danh creates images on plant leaves through a photosynthetic process. His work reflects his Southeast Asian heritage and interest in natural science and history. His series "Ancestral Altars” is intended to honor those who did not have a proper funeral. The portraits in Ancestral Altar #12 were taken from prison archives kept by the Khmer Rouge during the Vietnam War. The butterflies that surround the prisoners suggest a sense of renewal and release from the past.

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