Thao Nguyen Phan Becoming Alluvium
hunk of an object—green, glossy, and grainy—opened “Becoming Alluvium,” Thao Nguyen Phan’s show at Chisenhale Gallery in London. The six-sectioned lacquer screen, (2019–20), has a surface dense with swirls of deep mineral pigment and a peppery white trail, representing an aerial view of a small section of the Mekong River, which flows through South Vietnam. Composed of crushed eggshells, the speckled line
