In Passing I

Art

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

In Passing I

Entry/Object ID

2017.12.2

Description

Earth toned nature pattern on long sleeve collared shirt.

Artwork Details

Medium

Printed silk, Armature

Acquisition

Accession

2017.12-13

Source or Donor

Ngô, Hương

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Courtesy of the artist

Made/Created

Artist

Ngô, Hương

Date made

2017

Ethnography

Notes

France//Vietnam American b. Hong Kong

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

identity, metaphysical concepts, philosophical concepts, fiberwork (object genre), object genres (object classifications)

Hierarchy Name

Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), Object Genres (hierarchy name)

Facet

Associated Concepts Facet, Objects Facet

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

In Passing I, 2017 Printed silk, armature Courtesy of the artist Ngô reproduced a section of a mural from the former Palais de Porte Dorée (Palace of the Gilded Gate, now the Museum of the History of Immigration) in Paris onto silk to create this backdrop and camouflaged shirt. This traditional mandarin shirt is created from a pattern based on the shirt worn by Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai in a photograph circulated by local authorities and informants. The shirt can be seen in a performance in the video Having Been Lost in Plain View, also on display in this exhibition. The performance refers to a time when Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai dressed as a man and worked as a shirt maker to avoid colonial authorities. To avoid detection, Minh Khai camouflaged herself within the fabric of colonialism similar to the way the shirt camouflages itself in the backdrop.