An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers/Giữa hai giòng sông/Entre deux rivières

November 05, 2023 – March 09, 2024

The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art presents An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers/Giữa hai giòng sông/Entre deux rivières, the artist’s first museum survey in New York. The exhibition explores how Lê’s entire body of work considers cycles of global history and conflict, contemplating the impact of displacement, politics, and the sensationalizing of warfare. Between Two Rivers encompasses three decades of Lê’s work in a variety of mediums, including a selection of photographs from the artist’s well-known series alongside new textiles, installations, and rediscovered films. The exhibition also features new photographs from her ongoing series Silent General (2015–present) and the debut of a site-specific, immersive cyclorama.

Organized by Roxana Marcoci, The David Dechman Senior Curator and Acting Chief Curator of Photography; with Caitlin Ryan, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Photography.

Leadership support for the exhibition is provided by the Noel and Harriette Levine Endowment and by the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund.

Generous funding is provided by the Alice L. Walton Foundation, Agnes Gund, and by The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art.

Major funding for the publication is provided by the John Szarkowski Publications Fund.

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An-My Lê. Erotic Scene, (from the Lupanar of Pompeii), The National Archeological Museum of Naples, from the series Gabinetto, 2016. © 2022 An-My Lê, courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery

An-My Lê. General Robert E. Lee and General P.G.T. Beauregard Monuments, Homeland Security Storage, New Orleans, Louisiana, from the series Silent General, 2017. © 2022 An-My Lê, courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery

An-My Lê. High School Students Protesting Gun Violence, Washington Square Park, New York City, from the series Silent General. 2018. Inkjet print, 40 × 56 1/2″ (101.6 × 143.5 cm). © 2022 An-My Lê. Image courtesy of the artist

An-My Lê. Mexican Customs and Border Protection Officer, Presidio-Ojinaga International Bridge, Ojinaga, Mexico, from the series Silent General, 2019. © 2022 An-My Lê, courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery

Cover of An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers/Giữa hai giòng sông/Entre deux rivières, published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Installation view of An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers/Giữa hai giòng sông/Entre deux rivières, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 5, 2023–March 9, 2024. Photo: Jonathan Dorado