Ruớc Dâu

Hùng Lê , artist

born 1999

Ruớc Dâu, 2025

Material/technique: hand-dyed cotton fabric; hand-dyed linen; indigo dye; embroidering

Credit line: Courtesy of the artist

Accession number: EL2025.082

On display: Perkins Central Court

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My Mother's Tongue Ties Me Together

Veils play a role in both weddings and funerary practices in Vietnamese culture. Recently, in Hùng Lê’s life, weddings and funerals have become intertwined. Inspired by these events, Lê began reinterpreting traditional Vietnamese brown ceramic motifs into dense, interlocking patterns. Here, overlaid throughout the piece, the dense patterns become a veil, creating a visual barrier between the subject and the audience by obscuring their identities.