Guide to Veronique Saunier's "Still Lives" collection MS.SEA.055
Kimberly Gallon and Kelly Spring
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
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Title: Veronique Saunier's "Still Lives" collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS.SEA.055
Physical Description:
13.2 Linear Feet
(1 half document case and 57 pieces of art)
Date: circa 1990
Abstract: "Still Lives," an exhibit of 70 paintings and drawings by 18 Vietnamese, explores the trials and slim joys of daily life in
Hong Kong's detention camps, where boat people await word whether they will be given asylum or be forcibly returned to Vietnam.
The show came together thanks largely to the efforts of Veronique Saunier, a French public relations consultant who spends
time as a volunteer working in the refugee camps.
The result is a hauntingly eloquent vision of life in the camps. A scene of people lining up for their daily rations was painted
by a law student, Tran Van Hung. The scene used for the exhibition's poster was painted by Hoang Quoc Bien. In it, a young
boy stands on an upended garbage can, straining to talk to a girl on the other side of a barbed wire fence -- the Statue of
Liberty watches over the lovers' meeting.
Language of Material: English, Vietnamese
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Audio cassettes have been reformatted and have digital preservation copies. Access to original audio tapes is restricted;
researchers may request listening copies.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with the University of California. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold
the copyright.
Digital material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected
by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
Veronique Saunier's "Still Lives" collection. MS-SEA-055. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine,
California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations
Biographical / Historical
Véronique Saunier is a freelance journalist. She covers various industries from new technologies to textile and fashion. Based
in Hong Kong, she has regularly contributed to former the Far Eastern Economic Review; Hong Kong's leading English newspaper,
the South China Morning Post; Swiss daily newspaper and business publication 24Heures and PME Magazine as well as international
trend magazine WGSN.
Scope and Content Summary
"Still Lives," an exhibit of 70 paintings and drawings by 18 Vietnamese, explores the trials and slim joys of daily life in
Hong Kong's detention camps, where boat people await word whether they will be given asylum or be forcibly returned to Vietnam.
The show came together thanks largely to the efforts of Veronique Saunier, a French public relations consultant who spends
time as a volunteer working in the refugee camps.
The result is a hauntingly eloquent vision of life in the camps. A scene of people lining up for their daily rations was painted
by a law student, Tran Van Hung. The scene used for the exhibition's poster was painted by Hoang Quoc Bien. In it, a young
boy stands on an upended garbage can, straining to talk to a girl on the other side of a barbed wire fence -- the Statue of
Liberty watches over the lovers' meeting.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series: Supplemental materials and Artwork.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Arts
Refugees Vietnam
box 1, folder 1
Contact sheet and negatives
undated
box 1, folder 3
Correspondence, carbon copies
undated
Material Specific Details: nearly illegible
box 1, folder 5
Inventory of artwork
undated
box 1, folder 6
Manuscript draft and correspondence
1991-1992
box 1, folder 7
Maps and currency
undated
box 1, folder 8
Newspaper clippings
circa 1992
box 1, Folder 9
Notes
circa 1988
Language of Material: French.
box 1, Folder 10
Rapport D'Arrivee - Heprin
2014
Language of Material: French.
box 1, Folder 11
Speaker notes and invitations
undated
box 1, folder 12
Statistics on arrivals and departures of Vietnamese migrants
1990-1991
box 1, folder 13
Student contest photocopies
circa 1982
box 1, folder 14
Vietnam Newswatch
1991-10
box 1
Cassette audio file 001
Conditions Governing Access
Access to original audio cassettes is restricted. A digitized version is available online.
box 1
Cassette audio file 002
Conditions Governing Access
Access to original audio cassettes is restricted. A digitized version is available online.
folder XOS 025
Abstraction, by Nguyen Quang Phuc (painting)
folder XOS 022
A la maison, by Khuu Phuoc Nguyen (painting)
folder XOS 008
Amusement dans le baraquement, by Hoang Quoc Bien (painting)
folder XOS 024
Announcing Freedom of Expression, by Hoang Mahn Due (painting)
folder XOS 024
A propos du Communisme, by Hoang Manh Due (painting)
folder XOS 026
Au Pied du Lit, by Tran Van Hung (painting)
folder XOS 023
Autumn Pool, by Tran Van Hung (painting)
folder XOS 024
Ben Seng, by Trinh Do (painting)
folder XOS 022
Boat People Screening Policy cartoon, by HDM (painting)
folder XOS 015
Boat People Vietnamese, en cage, by Nguyen Dai Giang (painting)
folder XOS 008
Boat People - who are we? (painting)
folder XOS 024
Briqueterie, by Nguyen Thi Nham (painting)
folder XOS 009
Cassure (through the keyhole), by Dao Vu Bang (painting)
folder XOS 007
Chamarran, upper camp, by Hoang Vy (painting)
folder XOS 005
Cungchuc Tan Xuan, by Le Bao Thien (painting)
folder XOS 007
Devoir d'ecole, by Hoang Bien (painting)
folder XOS 003
Dormir on ne pas dormir (sleeping, not sleeping), by Quang Phuc Nguyen (painting)
folder XOS 024
Embarquement pour la liberte (painting)
folder XOS 010
Emoticus melange es, by Dao Vu Bang (painting)
folder XOS 013
Fish, Oranges, & Meal Card 2377, by Tran Van Hung (painting)
folder XOS 014
Fleeing Vietnam, by Nguyen Dai Giang (painting)
folder XOS 022
Four People under the Moon, by Tien Ngoc Nguyen (painting)
folder XOS 023
Freedom and Justice - where are you? by Dang Van Nha (painting)
folder XOS 017
Freedom or Death - on the Sea, by Nguyen Dai Giang (painting)
folder XOS 024
Hope (Hyvong Chimawan Detention Center), by Hoang Mahn Due (painting)
folder XOS 024
Je ne peux pas sortir jover, Dao Vu Minh (painting)
folder XOS 012
Keu Cuu, by Luong Thi Phuong Huu (painting)
folder XOS 022
Le Sinistre Moissonneur, by Tran Mai Hanh (painting)
folder XOS 024
Liberto et communisme, by Hoang Manh Due (painting)
folder XOS 026
Ludy Nie, by Phuong Hau (painting)
folder XOS 024
Man in Shadow, by Tran Van Hung (painting)
folder XOS 018
Momma and Son, by Nugyen Dai Giang (painting)
folder XOS 025
Mot goc pho vuon hoa, by Trinh Do (painting)
folder XOS 026
Painting the Statue of Liberty in the sky above Whitehead, by Hy Voy School (painting)
folder XOS 004
Pendant le repas de demandeus d'asile vietnamiens (During the meal of Vietnamese asylum seekers) by Nguyen Quang Phuc (painting)
folder XOS 025
Phae Bao Phang (olias Ng, Lam), by Tien Ngoc Nguyen (painting)
folder XOS 023
Portrait, by Thi Phuong Huu (painting)
folder XOS 023
Portrait, by Thi Phuong Huu (painting)
folder XOS 023
Portrait, by Thi Phuong Huu (painting)
folder XOS 023
Portraits d'efants, by Thi Phuong Huu (painting)
folder XOS 024
Quan Nuoc Ben Duong, by Trinh Do (painting)
folder XOS 026
Sans Legende, by Dao Vu Nguyen (painting)
folder XOS 011
Siesta at Whitehead, by Hoang Quoc Bien (painting)
folder XOS 008
[...] sleeping/resting head in lap of another, by Hoang Bien (painting)
folder XOS 023
Still Life (Encore de la Vie), by Thi Minh Ha (painting)
folder XOS 008
Still Lives Exhibit, Hong Kong (poster)
folder XOS 024
Stop, by Trinh Do (painting)
folder XOS 007
Sunset on Bare River (painting)
folder XOS 019
Temple Ngo a Hue, by Phi Thi Minh Ha (painting)
folder XOS 022
Tha chet khong ve viet nam, by Dao Vu Minh (painting)
folder XOS 002
The Red Ways, by Tran Van Hung (painting)
folder XOS 006
To come over the [...] Vietnamese Boat People, by Dao Vu Bang (painting)
folder XOS 020
Une Mere et ses efants, by Dao Vu Bang (painting)
folder XOS 001
Unreachable Trip, by Nguyen Tien Ngoc (painting)
folder XOS 026
Untitled, by Dao Vu Minh (painting)
folder XOS 021
Untitled, by Kim (painting)
Untitled, dated 1990 (painting)
folder XOS 025
Untitled (Heron), Cao Manh Kim (painting)
folder XOS 025
Untitled (Reverie), by Phuc Bao Phuong (painting)
folder XOS 025
Untitled (village vietnimien), by Phuc Bao Phuong (painting)
folder XOS 022
Waiting or Waste, by Khuu Phuoc Nguyen (painting)
