From the Earth Rise Radiant Beings

2019-2024
Figures from historic Orientalist Paintings created from the western imagination reject their sexualized and submissive gestures. Recast in palest yellow and other hues, the roughly textured silhouettes are given agency. Weaponized and engaging in acts of self-love, they are bound with figures Truong has painted from photos of women in her family. Specific painted landscapes cite the passing and passage of geographical home. Hand painted silk and oil gestures adorned with painted and printed historic designs bind familial narrative to the histories of war and colonialism, myth and symbology, and spirituality. Anamorphic bodies appear in flux, cradling resistance, love and strength passed between generations, born into a kind of Asian futurism.
Here comes the General
2024
Acrylic, oil, copper pigment, enamel, 19th century American cloth on silk and canvas
72" x 96"  (diptych)
Saturation Permeates All Flowers
2023
Oil, acrylic, printed silk on canvas and silk
84'' x 72''
To Dance Underneath a Hovering Cloud
2023
Oil, acrylic, 19th century cloth, Japanese obi cloth on canvas, linen, wood panel and silk
129'' x 72''
To Dance Underneath a Hovering Cloud
(Video)
The Unbearable Lightness Between Water, Fire and Air
2023
Acrylic, oil, silk, Dó paper on linen
72'' x 84''
The Rhythm of a Mother
2023
Oil, acrylic, copper pigment, printed chiffon on canvas, linen and silk
104'' x 84''
Have You Ever Ridden a Buffalo?
2023
Oil and acrylic on linen and silk
82.5'' x 95''
The Age Between Land and Air
2023
Oil, acrylic, do paper on linen and silk
84'' x 72''
A Language of Love
2023
Oil, acrylic, copper pigment, printed chiffon on canvas, linen and silk
82'' x 72''
My Mother, She Fell from the Sky
2021
 Oil, silk, acrylic, copper pigment and enamel on canvas
72'' x 96''
A Canopy Of Pink, Deceivingly Soft
2023
Oil, acrylic, enamel, paper on canvas, linen and silk
84 ¼” x 108 ¼”
A Canopy Of Pink, Deceivingly Soft
(Video)
From the Earth Rise Radiant Beings
2021
Oil, silk, acrylic, copper pigment, enamel on canvas
72'' x 96''
Cacophony
2021
Oil, silk, acrylic, copper pigment, enamel on canvas
84'' x 72''