Vietnam arts and culture
Be careful what you set your heart upon – for it surely will be yours (James Baldwin) “I simply set out to paint the wishes of parents and of the next generation,” Tuan Anh says of his new paintings which explore the complexities of dreams and ambitions within a reality of rapid … [Read more...]
Guest diaCRITIC blogger Boitran Huynh-Beattie—a professor, curator and art historian in Australia—introduces a talented Vietnamese-Australian gay artist, Khue Nguyen. Last year, Nguyen was a finalist with his self-portrait, Unleashed, in the prestigious Archibald Prize of 2010. He is currently … [Read more...]
Natalia Kraevskaia “Because we just have a limited farmland to work, I have to come here to earn more money to feed my children…We all have to suffer from a hard life, that is the reason to come here to make our living” “There are six members in our family and my husband and I are … [Read more...]
He is regarded as one of the most exciting young contemporary artists. At first, however, Danh Vo, who was born in Vietnam and grew up in Denmark, was like a phantom in the art world. In his installations he links aspects of his own adventurous life with excursions into war and colonial history. … [Read more...]
21 May 2012 Photo: MARKUS TRETTER all images courtesy of DANH VÕ and Kunsthaus Bregenz The other day I went to DANH VÕ solo exhibition in Bregenz, and for his first major institutional solo event in Austria, the Danish-Vietnamese artist once again refracts the biographical history … [Read more...]
From: Cristina Nualart Posted on 26 February 2012 Zerostation is a Saigon-based arts organisation that aims to connect Vietnamese and international art practitioners. It regularly holds exhibitions of contemporary art, which is not yet a popular form of art in Vietnam. The current show by … [Read more...]
From: Cristina Nualart Posted on 25 June 2012 The world’s landfills have been dusted with the discarded union jacks that briefly saluted the Queen of England’s jubilee last fortnight. This week the red and blue colours continue to make waves in Saigon, dominating two major art … [Read more...]
Bold in colour, swollen in emotion and quixotic in gesture, the works of Dinh Y Nhi reveal the artist from the inside out in her latest series of paintings on display at Gallery Art Vietnam in Ha Noi. Impressionist artist Nhi, one of the leading painters of her generation, has painted her … [Read more...]
Recollection introduces the artist's new works centred on the common theme of recollection and memory. Lacquer painting is one of the most cherished features of Vietnam's artistic and cultural heritage that has survived and sustained through conflict and political upheavals. Not … [Read more...]
By: Alain Truong Binh Danh, Meditation on transmigration #4, 2007, Chlorophyll print and resin, 58.4 x 48.8 cm. photo courtesy The work of Binh Danh in Memory to Memory creates moments of awareness and memory between the subject and the viewer. In his serene and radiant photo portraits, … [Read more...]
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