The full article appeared on Forbes February 7, 2024. Click here to read the full article
We might know Anh Duong, the French-Vietnamese model for her campaigns with Thom Browne, Donna Karan, and Miu Miu. She has helped change the face of the fashion industry, modeling well beyond the typical “age” that the industry set back in the 1980s when she first started out, modeling for Yves Saint Laurent in Paris.
For over 30 years, Duong has blossomed not only as a fashion icon, but as a visual artist. Her paintings depict figures, including herself, and others, having painted portraits of her famous friends like Anjelica Huston, Diane Von Furstenberg and Susan Sarandon. Since her artwork was first exhibited at Sperone Westwater in 1991, Duong has shown at galleries and museums in New York, London, Washington, and Los Angeles.
Now, Duong is opening her latest exhibition at Isabelle Bscher’s Galerie Gmurzynska in New York City on February 9. Duong’s latest paintings, a stunning set of stylish self-portraits, will be shown in a solo show called The Incoherences of a Gentlewoman, which runs until March 9.
This new series explores the idea of the “gentlewoman,” a feminist take on the traditional gentleman role. “It’s so male oriented, but I’m trying to explore what the difference is,” she said. “In each painting, I am half woman, half man. I wear suits, ties, and blazers, but I am a woman. What is feminine?”
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