|Anne Wilkes Tucker ’67|
Attending artists include Binh Danh, whose works in the exhibition include Vietnam War-era photographs printed on leaves and daguerreotypes of scenes in Yosemite National Park; Pipo Nguyen-duy, who has two photograph series represented in the exhibition; Thomas Thuấn Ðặng Vũ, creator of several abstract paintings depicting elements from his childhood in communist Vietnam. Each artist will present a talk about his work.
|Bin Danh, Waiting|
Johnson also hopes people will engage in conversation with the artists and learn about how their art expresses the impact of war but arrives at deeper meanings. “It would be good for people to see that one can experience something as horrific as the Vietnam War and still be able to be very creative and expressive, and have a keen sense of the beauty in the world,” Johnson said. “I think that’s a really hopeful message.”
This Berlind Symposium was founded by friends of Helen Clark Berlind ’58 and always addresses themes relevant to the annual exhibition. “Its purpose is to extend the educational impact of the annual exhibition,” Johnson said. “There is a much richer benefit to the students to have scholars and artists come to deepen the interpretation of the exhibition.”
Find the detailed schedule for the 2013 Berlind Symposium here.