Digital c-print on paper.

Description

This work shows a woman who had three children with a Japanese soldier after they married in 1940. After the soldier went back to Japan, the woman always lovingly expected him to return to Vietnam, hugging the pillow with her husband's waistcoat inside. The veil fabric covering the characters and visually connecting the series was purchased from a factory in Kyoto, Japan, established in 1955, the very year all Japanese soldiers returned from Vietnam. The fabric is used in Vietnam for bridal wear, whereas in Japan it is used in the production of kimonos.

Description from "Vietnam in Transition, 1976–Present" Exhibition Catalog, 2023, p.37.