http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/TamTran Recent or recently updated pages on the Whitney Museum of American Art website &copy; 2012 Whitney Museum of American Art en-us Economy <p><font color="#7f7f7f">Exhibitions/2010Biennial/TamTran</font></p> <p><a href="http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/TamTran"><img border="0" src="/image_columns/0015/1326/blank_319.png" /></a></p> <div><p>According to Tam Tran, she trains her camera on &ldquo;everything and anything my eyes see and love.&rdquo; Tran&rsquo;s series of photographs presents her subjects as multifaceted characters, who explore and experiment with their respective identities by taking on a multitude of personas. In the series <i>Raising Hell</i> (2008), the artist&rsquo;s nephew enacts the typical childhood fantasy of being a superhero. He is featured wearing a costume of pajamas and a cape and uses a broomstick as a weapon. Each of the five photographs captures a different moment in the battle between the boy and his imagined backyard adversary. Seen from different angles, from above or below, Tran&rsquo;s nephew appears alternately monumental and diminutive&mdash;a fierce warrior and a little boy. Through this collaboration, Tran and her nephew take on a variety of roles: family members, playmates, and artist and subject.</p></div> Whitney Museum of American Art Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:50:02 -0400 http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/TamTran http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/TamTran <p><font color="#7f7f7f">Exhibitions/2010Biennial/TamTran/Wiki</font></p> <p><a href="http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/TamTran/Wiki"><img border="0" src="/image_columns/0017/7675/self_266.jpg" /></a></p> <div><p>http://www.tam-tran.com</p></div> Whitney Museum of American Art Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:12:33 -0400 http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/TamTran/Wiki http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/TamTran/Wiki