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  • Phung-Tien Phan, Mid-Thirties, 2021, table, circular saw blade, 28 1⁄2 × 27 1⁄2 × 27 1⁄2".

    Phung-Tien Phan, Mid-Thirties, 2021, table, circular saw blade, 28 1⁄2 × 27 1⁄2 × 27 1⁄2".

    Phung-Tien Phan

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    “Stop Dreaming,” commanded the title of Phung-Tien Phan’s exhibition. But this imperative was only the first card in the deck of language that made up the tight presentation. What followed added both contradiction and humor but—in the best way—offered no resolution. Girl at heart 2 (all works 2021) consisted of eight white sheets of fabric lining the walls and blocking the entrance, each with a letter burned onto it with a flat iron. In different shades of toast and with a still-fresh scent of fire on fabric, they spelled out the word TRIPLETS. Or, read the other way: LET STRIP or LETS TRIP. I

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