Howard Hao Tran: Sculpture and Drawing LeMoyne College
Price: Free Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College,
Syracuse
Howard Tran's work explores three themes related to his life: migration, assimilation and identity. His family moved from China to Vietnam during WWII, translated their name to Vietnamese and assimilated in many ways while maintaining Chinese language and customs. After immigrating to the United States, Howard's identity came into question. Although his family was Chinese, he had been born and raised in Vietnam. To Americans he was Vietnamese. Now he has lived in America most of his life and has assimilated to this culture so much that when he return returns to Vietnam he no longer feels at home. Today, he self-identifies as Chinese/Vietnamese/American and embodies elements of all three cultures while at the same time feels between them all. In his art he explores identity, home, tradition change and the dichotomy between East and West.
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