Sống

Award-winning poet, novelist, and essayist Ocean Vuong has emerged as one of the defining voices of his generation–an artist who renders a soulful, nuanced representation of the immigrant working-class experience in America. In this exhibition of his photographs, Vuong extends his deeply personal vision beyond the written word, revealing how his storytelling finds new expression in images.

Vuong has long made photographs and often turning to them in the process of writing. His images, ranging from fluorescent pink-lit nail salons to quiet domestic interiors, capture the textures of immigrant and working-class life in America with rare tenderness, offering a profoundly personal meditation on loss, survival, and belonging. This presentation centers on an up-close body of photographs of his younger brother, taken as the two navigated grief, care, and renewal following their mother’s death.

The preview of Sống on May 16–18 coincides with Vuong’s sold-out appearance at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival.

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