A gesture marking the end of their three-month residency, the show unfolds as an amalgam of thought fragments in which, intuitively and with a dizzying dose of cheekiness, the concept of time surfaces through the artists’ use of movement, objects, and period-defining mementoes and symbols. Truly a human construct, time in this instance is stretched, […]
Author Archives: Art Nation
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Sep
Sep
“Womb of Fire” arises from the terrain of quiet persistence. In Vietnamese, fire and blood flow as inseparable currents. Fire – where stories, songs, and sustenance gather. Blood – bloodlines of generations whose sacrifice and resilience courses through one’s veins. Yet, blood also carries the pulse of intensity, a fiery determination, a spirit that is […]
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Aug
Aug
Featuring 41 paintings, primarily in watercolour and oil, along with one oil on a typewriter, the show evokes significant milestones in Luu Cong Nhan’s expansive career: his early period with portraits and wartime sketches (1950s–1960s), his exposure to and influence from Western abstract (circa 1970–1972), his years living in Hoi An (1984–1985), and his focus […]
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Aug
Aug
Phoebe Scott is Senior Curator and Curator of Research Publications at the National Gallery Singapore. Previous curatorial projects include “Radiant Material: A Dialogue in Vietnamese Lacquer Painting”, National Gallery Singapore, (2017); “Reframing Modernism: Painting in Europe, Southeast Asia and Beyond” (2016); “Between Declarations and Dreams: Art of Southeast Asia Since the 19th Century”, (2015–ongoing). She […]
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Aug
Aug
Greetings! Could you share with us the moment you discovered the Hue kite at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in the United States? When visiting the laboratory of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM), I learned that the institution operates two facilities: one located in the centre of Washington DC, and […]
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Aug
Aug
Remembering the Resistance Art Class (1950–1954) in Viet Bac through the recollections of painter Ngoc Linh.
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Aug
Aug
Ngày 21.08, Art Republik tổ chức vòng thảo luận Circle of Editorial tại inBetween Rooftop, quy tụ ban biên tập, các đại diện vùng, cộng tác viên và khách mời thân hữu.
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Aug
Aug
The fine arts of Saigon-Gia Dinh between 1954–1975 was a distinctive trajectory, combining cultural traditions and spirits with choice elements from Western artistic canons, constructing a unique aesthetic language in the wide landscape of Vietnamese modern art. Central to the emergence and consolidation of this regional art scene was the establishment of the Gia Dinh […]
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Aug
Aug
Nam Son, born Nguyen Van Tho (1899–1973)1, is regarded as one of the founding figures of modern Vietnamese art. He was a co-founder and core instructor at the Indochina School of Fine Arts. Born into a Confucian family in Hanoi, Nam Son exhibited a precocious talent for painting and was mentored by Confucian scholars such […]
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Jul
Jul
Fear transcends mere emotion; it is the unspoken vernacular of the soul. Listening to and understanding the fears we hold, both individually and as a nation, may grant us a deeper understanding of human nature, of what truly matters in life, and of our path to growth. It is very much like gazing into a […]