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Echo 2023

Artwork Echo this artwork made of Doors: Lacquer, gold and silver leaf, mineral pigment on wood Silk paintings: Ink, calligraphy, synthetic polymer paint and embroidery on silk Bricks: concrete, lacquer, gold foil, created in 2023-01-01
Accession No.
2024.312a-
Date Created
2023
Gallery location
On display in QAG Gallery 6
Department
Contemporary Asian Art
Dimensions A
22 parts: nine doors: 186 x 38.5 x 4.5cm (each); 186 x 346.5 x 4.5cm (overall); seven silk paintings: 220 x 112cm (each); three concrete bricks (six parts): 17 x 44 x 3.7cm; 17 x 27 x 3.7cm; 17 x 44 x 3.7cm; 10.2 x 16.5 x 3.7cm; 8 x 6.5 x 3.7cm; 7.5 x 8 x 3.7cm
Media Category
Installation
Medium
Doors: Lacquer, gold and silver leaf, mineral pigment on wood
Silk paintings: Ink, calligraphy, synthetic polymer paint and embroidery on silk
Bricks: concrete, lacquer, gold foil
Place Created
Hội An
Credit Line
Purchased 2024 with funds from Tim Fairfax AC through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

Lê Thuý’s Echo originated with the recovery of nine doors from a dismantled house in the historic town of Hội An. The artist has transformed these architectural remnants with red lacquer and gold leaf, embedding references to history, memento mori and pan-Asian religious iconography. At the centre stands a shadowy, multi-armed figure with her hands forming the symbolic gestures known as mudras. In this figure, the artist intentionally evokes a fusion of Guanyin – the Buddhist goddess of mercy – and the mother goddess Đạo Mẫu, a Vietnamese spiritual tradition. Surrounding plants and animals are chosen for their symbolic resonance, from medicinal and poisonous species to emblems of prosperity (peony) and moral virtue (bamboo).
 

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