About This Item

  • Call NumberVETS_0023
  • TitleMy Vietnam experience.
  • SummaryCollage, 25 x 23 inches, with images from the Vietnam War. Artwork created in New York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program, led by Beryl Brenner. Project: Visions of vets, 2009, referencing the theme: Who is an American Veteran? Artwork was displayed at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Vietnam Era Museum and Education Center. Exhibition label: My Vietnam Experience by Dindal Soogrim “I came to America from the tiny island of Trinidad and Tobago in July of 1967. I joined the military in Dec. 1967 so that I could stay here. In the last 4 months of my active duty I was sent to Vietnam.” Mr. Soogrim’s work depicts a self-portrait of him in military attire with the image of an American eagle watching over him. Scenes and memorabilia from Vietnam float around him like a surreal river of memories from this time. Yet symbols of Americana also appear in the work forever connecting his youthful Vietnam experience with his American experience.
  • Date2008
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG, color
  • Genrecollages (visual works)
  • NoteTitle supplied by creator.
  • CreatorSoogrim, Dindal
  • SubjectVietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States ; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 ; Veterans--United States
  • CollectionVeterans Creative Arts Program collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program Collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program