Garden of People A Portrait of Cottage Grove |
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| Author:
| Nguyen, Uyen-Thi |
| Artist:
| Nguyen, Uyen-Thi |
| Interviewer:
| Nguyen, Uyen-Thi |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7377736-2-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2023 |
| Publisher: | UTN
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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"Garden of People" is artist Uyen-thi Nguyen's perspective on society, using Cottage Grove, Oregon as the basis for exploration. Nguyen includes more than 45 oil paintings and portraits intermingled with 100 intimate, anonymous quotes from conversations with the subjects. Designed to be experiential, Nguyen juxtaposes census data and traditional societal labels with a collage of individual stories, allowing viewers to formulate their own views as they "walk" through the garden. Each...
More Description"Garden of People" is artist Uyen-thi Nguyen's perspective on society, using Cottage Grove, Oregon as the basis for exploration. Nguyen includes more than 45 oil paintings and portraits intermingled with 100 intimate, anonymous quotes from conversations with the subjects. Designed to be experiential, Nguyen juxtaposes census data and traditional societal labels with a collage of individual stories, allowing viewers to formulate their own views as they "walk" through the garden. Each portrait is painted to express what truths they have to share at that moment - to tell a touch of their story, of themselves and what they see. "In Cottage Grove, or in any city, we live together, yet we are individual. There is a bit of everyone in each of us, and at the same time, there is no one like us in all the world. Perhaps in looking at this "portrait" of a city, of folks living together, people from different socioeconomic classes, different beliefs, and viewpoints, we can discover some beautiful secrets about society and humanity, and amazingly, ourselves."