
The American War
- Publisher
- J&L Books
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN
- 978-0-9746908-5-8
- Specifications
- Hardcover
13.3 x 19.1 cm
96 pages
Edition of 2000
In June, 2005, while traveling in Vietnam, artist Harrell Fletcher visited The War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. Deeply affected by the exhibit, Fletcher returned to photograph all of the images and text descriptions from the main museum with the intention of re-presenting the exhibition in the United States. Fletcher’s exhibition The American War went on tour, stopping at various U.S. venues including the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at M.I.T. and White Columns in New York City. With this collection of images, Fletcher encourages his audience to reconsider opinions of the war in Vietnam and other American wars that have occurred since.