“It’s important to me to find my way through the world in relation to others,” Nguyen told me. Irvine, he was one of several art students mentored by Martinez who called themselves the Renegades. At CalArts, he worked with the Danish art collective Superflex. At this point in his career, Martinez suggested when I phoned him, they may have been doing him a favor. Much of the country went on lockdown in 2021, but for parts of that year you could still travel domestically.

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Persons: ”, Vivian Crockett, Crockett —, —, ” Nguyen, Martinez, Phunam Thuc Ha, Matt Lucero, “ I’ve, ” Martinez, Nguyen, speck, He’d Organizations: New Museum show’s, Renegades, CalArts, Propeller Group Locations: Brazilian, New York, American, U.C, Irvine, Danish, Malaysia, Quang Tri