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Room of the prince 2010 references a room in the summer palace of Bao Dai, the Emperor of Vietnam. Nguyen's works typically feature headless figures in sombre surroundings, suggesting violence and loss in the context of recent Vietnamese history. Nguyen's portrayal of the hadless figure reveals an interest in the psychological limits of the self while making a comment on the invisibility of the individual voice in the public realm and in a communist system that values the collective.