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AN-MY LÊ:
BETWEEN TWO RIVE

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS AN-MY LÊ: BETWEEN
TWO RIVERS/GIOA HAI CON SÔNG/ENTRE DEUX RIVIÈRES, THE
ARTIST’S FIRST MUSEUM SURVEY IN NEW YORK. THE EXHIBITION
EXPLORES HOW LÊ’S ENTIRE BODY OF WORK CONSIDERS
CYCLES OF GLOBAL HISTORY AND CONFLICT, CONTEMPLATING
THE IMPACT OF DISPLACEMENT, POLITICS, AND THE An-My Lê. Security and Stabilization Operations, Graffiti I, from the series 29 Palms,
2003-2004. © 2022 An-My Lê, courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery 
SENSATIONALIZING OF WARFARE.
An-My Lê. Parts Depot, from the series Trap Rock, 2006. © 2022 An-My Lê, courtesy
of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery 

On view November 5, 2023, through March 9, 2024, Between immersive cyclorama. An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers is
Two Rivers encompasses three decades of Lê’s work in a organized by Roxana Marcoci, the David Dechman Senior
variety of mediums, including a selection of photographs Curator and Acting Chief Curator of Photography; with Caitlin
from the artist’s well-known series alongside new textiles, Ryan, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Photography.
installations, and rediscovered films. The exhibition also “The ‘two rivers’ in the exhibition’s title refers to the Mekong
features new photographs from her ongoing series Silent and Mississippi river deltas,”Roxana Marcoci explains. “They
General (2015–present) and the debut of a site-specific, are subjects that Lê has inflected with her own experiences

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