Pao Houa Her, My grandfather turned into a tiger... and other illusions

My grandfather turned into a tiger... and other illusions

Pao Houa Her

Publisher
Aperture
Year
2023
ISBN
9781597115650
Specifications
First edition
17.5 x 22.5 cm
124 pages
English

The artist's first major monograph explores the fundamental notions of home and belonging through illusion, desire and loss. The work draws on a variety of sources: apocryphal family lore, portraits of her community and of herself, and reimagined landscapes, with Minnesota and northern California standing in for Laos. The narratives are personal and grounded in tradition and in contemporary metaphor.

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