SFMOMA
151 3rd St
415.357.4000
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An-My Lê, Small Wars: Explosion, Courtesy Murray Guy Gallery, © An-My Lê
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Jan 26, 2008 – May 4, 2008
Mondays–Tuesdays (11am–5:45pm)
Thursdays (11am–8:45pm)
Fridays–Sundays (11am–5:45pm)
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$12.50
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An-My Lê's stunning Small Wars and 29 Palms series find the photographer capturing Vietnam War enthusiasts who recreate scenes of battle and treading through the dry brush of the Mojave Desert on the heels of training soldiers. As Lê follows the actors and soldiers through their respective stagings, tracking their advances and retreats, her images become both aesthetic compositions and a chilling documentation of our culture's fascination with playing war. Without taking any didactic potshots at her subjects, Lê boldly wades into the vast gray expanse that confounds photojournalistic objectivity and our faith in the camera's ability to tell the truth.
