Thao Nguyen Phan

Be it Le Corbusier`s modernist legacy in Southeast Asia, ethnographic research trips of French missionaries to this region, or the work of modern artist Diem Phung Thi between France and Vietnam – Phan weaves a web of diverse contributors from different temporal layers, often in-between places. Respective perspectives across art, architecture, design and literature, have largely been influenced by colonial power relations. While acknowledging the violent imbalance of such ties, they reveal mutual processes of learning and transformation at times. Read more…

Published as commentary on new acquisitions of the FRAC Grand Large collection, Dunkerque, 2026.