Sai Aung, Saw Hlaing and Aung Lwin

June 1997

Chan Chao

Associated Names
Chan Chao

Artist, American, born Burma, 1966

The image shows three men from the waist up. The man on the right is squatting with one knee bent, while the two on the left are standing. The man on the right has short, dark hair and is wearing a white T-shirt with green pants and blue flip-flops. He also has a watch on his left wrist and appears to have a tattoo on his right forearm. The man in the middle wears a beige shirt with rolled-up sleeves and denim shorts. He has short, curly dark hair and a watch on his left wrist. The man on the left is wearing a short-sleeved striped shirt and a long blue patterned sarong with red flip-flops. His hair is straight and neatly cut. They are standing on a dirt mound in front of a wooden structure with a thatched roof. The background shows dense green foliage, with various trees and a plantain visible.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heather and Tony Podesta, Falls Church, VA; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • Sight/Insight: Contemporary Photography from the Heather and Tony Podesta Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 1–December 31, 2006

Inscriptions

on verso of frame, typed in gray ink along top of white label: NUMARK GALLERY / 406 7th Street NW Washington DC 20004; center of label, typed in black ink: CHAN CHAO / [underlined: Sai Aung, Saw Hlaing & / Aung Lwin], June 1997 / C-Print / 23 1/4 x 19 1/4" / Edition 3/8

Wikidata ID

Q64145740

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