David Terrien

May 2, 2024 | artreview.com | David Terrien

My grandfather turned into a tiger… collects the artist’s landscapes and portraits that occupy an in-between spaceThe photographs collected in this monograph by Minnesota-based Hmong-American artist Pao Houa Her are drawn from six series of works, 80 photos in all, made between 2012 and 2022 (the title series is from 2016–17).

Apr 4, 2024 | artreview.com | David Terrien

The artist’s photographs in My grandfather turned into a tiger… and other illusions occupy an inbetween space, never quite meaning as they seemThe photographs collected in this monograph by Minnesota-based Hmong-American artist Pao Houa Her are drawn from six series of works, 80 photos in all, made between 2012 and 2022 (the title series is from 2016–17).

Nov 17, 2023 | artreview.com | David Terrien

A new collection of short-form nonfiction by the British writer brings to light texts that have until now disappeared from viewAcross this collection of short-form nonfiction by the British master of speculative fiction is a recurring image of the teenage J.G. Ballard wandering the Shanghai–Nanking railway line at the end of the Second World War, after the Japanese have surrendered but before American or Chinese forces have arrived.

Aug 21, 2023 | artreview.com | Marie Darrieussecq |David Terrien

Marie Darrieussecq’s new memoir, Sleepless unearths the history and literature of insomnia’s sufferersI want to say, right up front, that I sleep easily and deeply, which according to the philosopher Emil Cioran, who is cited in the opening pages of this by-turns breezy and harrowing account of the insomniac’s immiserated nights and ghostly days, disqualifies me for any comprehension of ‘the most profound experience one can have in life’.