Sung Tieu
Multiboy
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
June 12 – October 3, 2021


Made (By Vietnamese Workers) In The GDR, 2021
ceramic set from VEB Henneberg-Porzellan Ilmenau, styrofoam, perspex
40 × 75.8 × 75.8 cm

Made (By Vietnamese Workers) In The GDR, 2021 (detail)


Deployment Concept (VEB Henneberg-Porzellan Ilmenau), 2021
stamps on digital prints, framed
in 6 parts, each: 32.1 × 23.4 cm

Multiboy, 2021
food processor from VEB Kombinat Elektromaschinenbau Dresden, stainless steel
46 × 16 × 16 cm

Multiboy, 2021 (detail)


Filling Gaps, 2021
Tampons from VEB Vliestextilien Lößnitztal, polished stainless steel tube
120 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm

Filling Gaps, 2021 (detail)


Mum’s Work, 2021
Work jacket, lady birds, shoes from VEB Schuhfabrik "Banner des Friedens”, polished stainless steel
174 × 77 × 29.5 cm

Mum’s Work, 2021 (detail)

Mum’s Work, 2021 (detail)


Offerings, 2021
Rum from VEB Weinbrand Wilthen, candles from VEB Wittol Wittenberg, ceramic plate from VEB Henneberg-Porzellan Ilmenau, Tampon packaging from VEB Vliestextilien Lößnitztal, condoms from VEB Plastina Erfurt, stainless steel
40 × 40 × 40 cm

No Proverbs For Your Labour, 2021
Eight books from VEB Interdruck Leipzig, stainless steel
32 × 68 × 32 cm

No Proverbs For Your Labour, 2021 (detail)

No Proverbs For Your Labour, 2021 (detail)


What Do You Believe?, 2021
plastic flowers, polished and unpolished stainless steel
69 × 51 × 17 cm

Date, Flight Number, Ministry, Factory, Workers Target, Workers Actual (Multiboy Edition), 2021
stamps on digital prints, framed
in 19 parts, each: 32.1 × 23.4 cm

Date, Flight Number, Ministry, Factory, Workers Target, Workers Actual (Multiboy Edition), 2021
stamps on digital prints, framed
in 19 parts, each: 32.1 × 23.4 cm


The Earth And The Sky, 2021
Bed and pillow sheets VEB Vowetex, duvet, pillow, metal wire
34 × 67 × 50 cm

Tight Squeeze, 2021
polishing shoe creme from VEB Wittol Wittenberg, clothing detergent from VEB Haushaltschemie Meiningen EVP, stainless steel
30 × 47 × 4 cm

Tight Squeeze, 2021 (detail)