Hop Dac
ARTIST STATEMENT
"The past has played an essential part in much of my work.
I use nostalgia and vintage objects as timestamps to when the Vietnamese diaspora first started moving across the world and began settling in new countries."
BIO
Hop Dac is a Vietnamese Australian painter and writer who came to Western Australia as a refugee in 1980.
He studied Fine Art at Curtin University in Perth and Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT in Melbourne.
He lives and works on Wadawurrung country with his partner and their two daughters.
Artworks
All The Past Is Acting Now
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Wild Lettuce
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A Patina Of Time
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The Comfort Of Nearness
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Survival Mode
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A Letter From Paradise
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The Beautiful Calabash
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Periods Of Adjustment
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A Parallel World
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The One-And-A-Half Generation
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Crossing The Midline
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Bungarra
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Lychees in Syrup
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Nomadic Reverie
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A Recurring Dream
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An Invasive Species
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A Wayward Journey
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A Milestone On The Way To The Grave
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