A tribute to the orphaned children at Ky Quang Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The so-called “deaf coconuts” are farm rejects used by Andy Cao to symbolize the plight of the disabled children whom he met in an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City. These children were abandoned at birth as a result of their physical impairments, believed to be the result of exposure to “Agent Orange”, a chemical weapon and defoliant used by the United States during the Vietnam War. The inclusion of a gentle lullaby speaks of hope, the universal need for nurturing, and unconditional love.

PLACE: World travelling exhibition
CURATOR: Randy Rosenberg (The Rosengerg Group)
SPONSOR: The Committee of 100 for Tibet and The Dalai Lama Foundation
PROGRAM: art sculpture donation for "The Missing Peace: Artists consider the Dalai Lama"
STATUS: 2006 - ongoing

SOUND: Huong Thanh a capella


ITINERARY OF THE EXHIBITION:

March 12th - July 31st, 2011
San Antonio Museum of Art - San Antonio, CA

October 9th, 2009 - January 10th, 2010
Frost Art Museum - Miami, FL

January 30th, 2008 - April 12th, 2009
Fundacion Canal - Madrid, Spain

October 17th - November 9th, 2008
Tokyo, Japan

December 1st, 2007 - March 16th, 2008
Yerba Buena Center of the Arts - San Francisco, CA

March 16th - September 3rd, 2007
Rubin Museum of Art - New York, NY

October 2006 - January 2007
Loyola University Museum of Art - Chicago, IL

June 2006 - September 2006
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History - Los Angeles, CA

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