Two Of A Kind

The Danish-Vietnamese artist Danh V has been described as a ‘hunter gatherer’, drawing widely on disparate historical events and artefacts, and infusing them with an element of autobiography.

He has found inspiration in Greek and Roman sculpture, medieval weaponry, the ordeals of Christian missionaries in Indochina, the Statue of Liberty, and the personal letters of Henry Kissinger, each time finding themes that endure across cultures and epochs.

So it’s fitting that Hong Kong’s M+ Pavilion has invited him to pay homage to the late Isamu Noguchi in an upcoming show, ‘Counterpoint’. The Japanese-American sculptor and landscape architect’s work has become a major influence on V; Noguchi’s public spaces for children were the blueprint for V’s ‘playscape’ at Korea’s Anyang Art Park in 2017, and his ‘Akari’ light sculptures have been installed at the National Gallery