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In 1988, Duong began to re-focus her acting and art career. During this time, the fashion world was leaning towards using non-models in their magazines and campaigns, and so Duong embarked on a second phase of her modeling career, as an artist featured in various campaigns.
Duong became the muse and girlfriend of Schnabel, an artist who had made a name for himself by painting portraits over smashed-up plates in a neo-expressionist style, and by introducing himself to people as “the most famous painter in America.”
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Feb 19, 2014 · An artist who taught herself to paint with her mother's art supplies while growing up in Bordeaux, France, Duong pursued a career in ballet before ascending to the international stage as a model for designers like Christian Lacroix and Diane von Furstenberg.
Jun 23, 2021 · Painting became a bridge to the outside world, providing her with a means to express herself, communicate, and connect; providing her with a sense of balance in the ever-changing landscape of life. “Being an artist comes from need,” she says.
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Apr 13, 2018 · Born in Bordeaux and trained as an architect and dancer in Paris, artist, model and actress Anh Duong moved to New York in the late ‘80s to become a fixture in the international art and...
Born to a Vietnamese father and Spanish mother, Anh Duong recalled growing up in France with a sense of displacement and alienation. Her ethnicity, however, also made her feel like she 'belonged everywhere', as the artist told Indigo Clarke in 2014. Her background has been influential on her engagement with the arts to express herself.
Feb 7, 2024 · Looking back on her decades-long modeling career, Duong says her art career has only helped her campaigns. “The fashion world followed me throughout my life, through the 1990s, after I became an ...
