Minh Nguyen

Minh Nguyen is an exhibit specialist for the Wing Luke Museum. She is interested in social critiques, phenomenal art, and the ways the two help explain each other. She ceases being serious at 6 p.m. sharp. Write her at minhnguyenplus@gmail.com.
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"American Dresser," 2014 by Thuy-Van Vu. Image courtesy of G. Gibson Gallery.

Thuy-Van Vu paints the extraordinary lives behind ordinary objects

by Minh Nguyen
While some artists seek to capture the extraordinary, Thuy-Van Vu is more concerned with the mundane — but just as revealing — objects of our lives. The paintings in her newest show at G. Gibson Gallery showcases domestic, archaic items like stools, clunky dressers and typewriters. These objects, usually found amidst the other clutter in […]
Apr 2, 2014