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        "tombstone": "Secret Butterfly Heaven, 2008. Tam Van Tran (American, b. 1966). Acrylic, staples, color pencil on canvas and paper; overall: 253.9 x 233.6 x 129.5 cm (99 15/16 x 91 15/16 x 51 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Contemporary Art Society and Sundry Art-Contemporary Fund, 2009.17",
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        "title": "Secret Butterfly Heaven",
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        "department": "Contemporary Art",
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                    "description": "Tam Van Tran:  Luminosity, Cohan and Leslie, New York, September 5-October 4, 2008",
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        "description": "The topographies of Tam Van Tran\u2019s painted constructions evoke wavy landscapes and disrupted surfaces. The large-scale works are made of paper strips stapled into tectonic waves, pixilated with lines of punched holes. With this technique, the artist explores the language of painting by blurring the boundaries between the two-dimensional plane of the canvas and the three-dimensionality of sculpture. The combination of references to Western and Eastern aesthetics and the hybrid form reflect Tran\u2019s disparate personal background: his escape from Vietnam in 1975 and his encounter with another culture and society in the United States.",
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                "citation": "Mann, C. Griffith. \u201cAcquisitions 2009.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 50, no. 2 (March/April 2010): 12-27.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 15",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:52:58.267000"
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