Colours of Grey

This work from the series Les Couleurs du Gris layers different colours — orange, blue, green, violet, pink, and white — to arrive at effects of grey. These colours are drawn from the code name 'Rainbow Herbicides' used by the American army during the Vietnam War for defoliant spraying operations over forests. Agent Orange, the most harmful chemical agent, was massively deployed to destroy forests and crops. Thu Van Tran refers here to the contamination of the earth advancing in successive layers. In 2023, the MAMAC in Nice devoted a solo exhibition to her, while the Bourse de Commerce — Collection Pinault in Paris offered her a prominent place in its exhibition 'Avant l'Orage' in 2023. She was nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2018 and presented her work at the Centre Pompidou that same year. In 2017, she participated in the international exhibition of the 57th Venice Biennale, curated by Christine Macel.