{"product_id":"an-my-l-on-contested-terrain-an-my-l-9781597114813","title":"An-My Lê on Contested Terrain","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn-My Lê On Contested Terrain\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive survey of the Vietnamese American artist, published on the occasion of a major exhibition organized by Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing, in part, from her own experiences of the Vietnam War, Lê has created a body of work committed to expanding and complicating our understanding of the activities and motivations behind conflict and war. Throughout her thirty-year career, Lê has photographed noncombatant roles of active-duty service members, often on the sites of former battlefields, including those reserved for training or the reenactment of war, and those created as film sets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This publication includes selections from her well-known series \u003ci\u003eViêt Nam\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmall Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e29 Palms\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEvents Ashore\u003c\/i\u003e, in addition to never-before-seen images, including recent photographs from the US-Mexico border, formative early work, and lesser-known projects. Essays by the organizing curator Dan Leers and curator Lisa J. Sutcliffe, as well as a dialogue between Lê and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, address the ways in which Lê's quiet, nuanced work complicates the landscapes of conflict that have long informed American identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Copublished by Aperture and Carnegie Museum of Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e An-My Lê, Dan Leers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1597114812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597114813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aperture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.70h x 9.40w x 0.80d","brand":"An-My Lê","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987417628927,"sku":"9781597114813","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b2ed96e-2604-4f4b-8c89-c93814827dce.jpg?v=1683288865","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-my-l-on-contested-terrain-an-my-l-9781597114813","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}