EP 4 KV Duong : Painting and Performance, Art Exploring Themes of War Migration and Cultural Assimilation. Landscaping the Vietnam War
Today, on the Art Seeker Stories podcast 4th Episode I’m delighted to chat with artist KV Duong. KV is a London based multi-disciplinary artist who paints and performs. In his work KV explores themes of war migration and cultural assimilation through a re-examination of his parents’ experience of the Vietnam war and his own experience of growing up in Canada in a minority immigrant family. War trauma and integration are correlated with the artist’s coming out as a gay Asian man.
I first came to know KV soon after he curated and produced a group online show, Transient for ArtCan, who we are both members of. Since then we have had many chats on Instagram, discussing each other’s paintings and what we see in them. KV has been amazing introducing me to so many new ideas, its hardly surprising he has his own Instagram IGTV series, Art and Ideas.
In this show we talk loft spaces and performances, melting pots of cultural influences between Asia and Europe. We discuss the importance of mindset in relation to tennis. KV talks of War, expression and his experiences. He also takes us on an incredible journey on his artist vision of a perfect collaboration that hits all your senses all at once.
KV’s Three Artists Artworks for Company on Art Seeker Island are:
By a woman : Marina Abramovic – The Artist is Present @maria_abramovic
Of cultural significance : Haigia Sophia in Istanbal
A free choice: Giant wall pieces by Anselm Kiefer @anselm_kiefer
Lufi’s Library Book Swap:
Borrowing: Conflict Time Photography by Simon Baker Tate publication
Swapping with: The Girl in The Picture by Denise Chong
Dream Collaboration :Team Lab @teamlab
https:www.teamlab.art/
You can find KV
Website : www.kvduong.com
Instagram: @kvduongart @create4charity @artcanorg
Instagram IGTV Lives : Art and Ideas, every Saturday at 10am @kvduongart