Autoerotic Asphyxiation
2010
24 framed black and white heliogravures on paper of Photographs of Dr. Joseph M. Carrier 1962-1973; two framed gravures 'Passport' 2010 and 'bye bye' 2010; 'Last letter of Saint Théophane Vénard to his father before he was decapitated copied by Phung Vo' 2009, ink on paper, framed; 1 metal plate depicting excerpt from Department of Correction, Delaware ; 37 silk curtain elements (color ecru) ; 38 embroidered muslin curtain elements (white)
Variable dimensions
As they enter the exhibition room, viewers see several curtains behind which are placed all sorts of documents from different times and places: personal photographs of the artist's, instructions on how to hang a convict from a Delaware prison, the last letter the missionary Théophane Vénard sent to his father before his execution.
The installation Autoerotic Asphyxiation is emblematic of the issues Danh Vo tackles in his work: it reprises and stages archives whose powerful memorial and political dimensions highlight the artist's interest in the circulation of cultural values, in particular at the time of Christian missions and colonization. When walking through this spatial composition, the viewers themselves become researchers.
Autoerotic Asphyxiation was first shown by the Pinault Collection in the exhibition The Illusion of Light at Palazzo Grassi, in 2014.
The installation Autoerotic Asphyxiation is emblematic of the issues Danh Vo tackles in his work: it reprises and stages archives whose powerful memorial and political dimensions highlight the artist's interest in the circulation of cultural values, in particular at the time of Christian missions and colonization. When walking through this spatial composition, the viewers themselves become researchers.
Autoerotic Asphyxiation was first shown by the Pinault Collection in the exhibition The Illusion of Light at Palazzo Grassi, in 2014.
Exhibitions
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
Danh Vo © Adagp, Paris.
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Photo: Daniel Pérez
Exhibition view, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo, Artists Space, New York, September 15 - November 7 2010.
