Target Fall exhibition

Artists Respond and Artists Reflect

Welcome to the exhibition resource page for Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975 and Artists Reflect: Contemporary Views on the American War.

Here are the resources common to both of these exhibitions. 

Lecture on the exhibitions by Robert Cozzolino:

PPT of exhibition lecture:

VIDEO from the Cultural Fluency session on September 23, with the veterans’ perspectives:

PowerPoint from cultural fluency session on 9.23.19, with microaggressions:

VIDEOS of the Teach-In, held on September 28, with artist interviews:

Here are the labels for Artists Respond:

Here are the panels for Artists Respond (no panels are available for Artists Reflect):

Here is a link to the timeline for Artists Respond:

Here are the labels for Artists Reflect:

Here is the timeline for Artists Reflect:

Here is the exhibition checklist for Artists Reflect:

Here is the exhibition layout:

From your colleague Manju Parikh: Eight Writers Share Their Must-Read Books from Vietnam and the Diaspora

Bob Cozzolino’s blog story: Why the Vietnam War still matters: Connecting the art of the 1960s to our time

Here is the Teacher’s Guide for the exhibition, written for Grades 6-12:

Mia_ArtistsRespond_Teachers_Guide_V2

From your colleague Susan Arndt, a recommendation for the podcast Saigon 1965 from Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History series.

From your colleague Marne Zafar, books about the Native and African-American experiences in Vietnam.

1) Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War
2) Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War – An Oral History

From your colleague Emily Shapiro, a NYT article on artist Hans Haacke: Hans Haacke, Firebrand, Gets His First U.S. Survey in 33 Years

From your colleague Margie Crone, a YouTube video with a choice of the Top 5 Vietnam War songs. As those touring know, a Spotify playlist is also available for visitors to listen to as they go through the exhibition. Here is a Mia blog post on how and why the playlist came to be, written by Curatorial Fellow Esther Callahan: How we created a playlist for “Artists Respond,” an exhibition of Vietnam War-era art

From your colleague Joy Yoshikawa, a good podcast series: The American War

From your colleague Manju PArikh,, an article on Hans Haacke: Hans Haacke, at the New Museum, Takes No Prisoners

From your colleague Jane Mackenzie, a great podcast on MPR about the soldiers who opposed the Viet Nam War: Soldiers for Peace

Resources specifically for Artists Reflect: Contemporary Views on the American War. 

This is an excellent TPT documentary on the Hmong involvement in the secret war run in Laos by the CIA:

America’s Secret War: Minnesota Remembers Vietnam

Another  informative PBS video: The Hmong and the Secret War

Information on Cy Thao’s series of 50 paintings (16 of which are on display: 1, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 35, 38, 40, 43, 45, 48, and 50): Cy Thao – U of M 18

Additional information on Cy Thao from your colleague Joy Yoshikawa:

Cy Thao Hmong Migration

From Curator Bob Cozzolino, some websites with more information on artists within Artists Reflect:

HUONG NGO AND HONG-AN TRUONG

DINH Q. LÊ

An-My Lê

Cy Thao

TUAN ANDREW NGUYEN

PAO HOUA HER

For more information on our local Southeast Asian community, check out the SEAD Project website:

The SEAD Project started in 2011 with the vision of a group of Southeast Asians who wanted to not only connect with their roots and heritage but to think bigger and beyond preservation. We’re growing a diaspora movement.

Mia blog post: The American War: “Artists Reflect” recounts the Vietnam War from the Southeast Asian perspective

Pronunciation of artists’ names:

Name pronunciation_Artists Reflect