Exhibition ‘from Root to Canopy'

10 am – 07 pm, Tues – Sat, 12 Sep – 07 Oct 2023
Galerie Quynh, 118 Nguyễn Văn Thủ, ĐaKao, District 1, HCMC

Throughout human cultures, the tree has proven to be a rich source of symbolic meaning. Characterized by its branches reaching skyward and roots extending below, the inherent symmetry and duality of the tree embodies many facets of human existence.

For this collective exhibition, the spotlight shines on the distinctive work of Hoang Duong Cam & Takayuki Yamamoto, Le Thua Tien, and Bruce Yonemoto, who all probe deeply into identity, displacement, and the intricate relationship between self and surroundings.

Poems of the Sky

10 am – 06 pm, 20 Sep – 02 Dec 2023
Sàn Art
Units B6.16 and B6.17, 6th Floor, Block B Office, Millennium Masteri, Ward 6, District 4, (enter via Nguyen Huu Hao street)

“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, we fell them down and turn them into paper, that we may record our emptiness.”
― Kahlil Gibran

Ly Hoàng Ly and Sàn Art heartily invite you to an open studio whose title draws inspiration from a poem of Gibran in “Sand and Foam” to explore the artist’s partially unfinished, partially fulfilled space of imagination.

Originating from the performance “Hugging trees – Hugging your loved ones – Hugging yourself” at the Plum Village, France in 2015, Ly Hoàng Ly carries on exploring the relations among different bodies as artistic material and the dynamic between internal drives and external forces.

As an artist adept in various materials, transformations of the external world, and micro changes in the inner soul, in this open studio, Ly presents her artwork-in-progress as a lingering meditation practice since 2018.

Coming here, the audience is asked to observe, and then interrogate the static and dynamic in performance art, the individuality and collectivity in public art, and the formation, participation, and contribution of factors that seem random and trivial, yet carefully calculated: time, location, body, audience – to position the artist’s presence in her work.

Coming here, the audience is invited for a conceptual dialogue to explore the possibilities of different utilisations of the interior and exterior space of the artworks; the materials and their effects on our sensation.

Thus, the artist and the audience together reflect and challenge, abolish and consolidate, forgetting and searching … to figure out these connections between humans with natural beings, between our inner self with the beauty, ugliness, and in betweenness of the surrounding world.

Lacquer Paintings Exhibition: “Moon”

Opening: 05 pm, Fri 08 Sep 2023
Exhibition: 09 am – 06 pm, 10 Sep – 01 Oct 2023
Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

As part of the programs in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Vietnam (JF No. 20 event), The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents the lacquer painting exhibition “Moon” by Saeko Ando.

Based in Vietnam since 1995, Japanese artist Saeko Ando studied son mai lacquer painting – a genre born in Vietnam in the early 20th century – and Vietnam’s ancient craft of using son ta natural lacquer under the guidance of artist Trinh Tuan, lacquer master Doan Chi Trung, and lacquer artisan Lam Huu Chinh.

In a nearly three-decades-long career, Saeko has gained international renown as a contemporary artist, who merges traditional Vietnamese lacquer-craft skills and son mai painting techniques learned from past generations of lacquer masters with original methods she developed through decades of experimentation. Zen philosophy, devotion to nature, and the influence of Japanese aesthetics are all evident in Saeko’s works.

All the artworks displayed at this exhibition depict the moon in various phases, seasons, weather, time of day, and shades of color. And they are displayed alongside waka poems that Saeko chose for them. She hopes her paintings will etch beautiful verses in people’s hearts and awaken their precious memories or conjure up new sensations.

Within the frame of the lacquer paintings exhibition, Ando Saeko will host 2 artist talks to share about her exhibition, as well as her practices. The morning talk will be in Vietnamese, while the afternoon talk will be in English. Both sessions are nearly similar, so please only choose 1 that fits you more.

Showcase “In the Middle of Chaos”

Sep 29 – 30,

Eclips Studio, No. 1 Alley 196 Nguyễn Sơn Street, Long Bien District, Hanoi

Are you ready to listen to the landscape differently?

We, invite you to slow down and focus simply by listening. “In the Middle of Chaos” is an audio-narrated walkabout that takes you on a journey through time and landscape.

Area of interest: Creativity, Sound Art, Heritage, Electronic Music, Environment, Experimental, Installation, Interdisciplinary, Multimedia, Performance, , Research, Practice, Experimentation.

Assemblage: Me, my story and I

Oct 3-30; 10:30 am – 06:30 pm, Tues, Thurs & Sat, 
Không gian 27A, 27A Nguyen Cu Street, D2, HCMC

“Assemblage: Me, my story and I” is an attempt to explore the many paths the artists take in their works to reflect lifelong desires to find a unified self. The diversity of the artists’ artworks, practices and memories that draw from every day in their unique communities is not about fitting in, it is about trying to acknowledge the multiple worlds one inhabits.

In the group exhibition “Assemblage: Me, my story and I”, ten artists are reclaiming their past and presenting realities of existence as well as creating alternative discourses by finding clues from memories that can be personal, communal, regional or universal. It is the search for stories and narrations, often on the margins, that is a powerful, multi-layered recognition that the self may always remain both hidden and revealed to a retrospective look at the routes one takes in pursuit of one’s own authenticity.

Exhibition “Stratum Zero”

Sep 12-Dec 3; 09 am – 07 pm, Tues – Sun,
The Outpost Art Organisation, Roman Plaza Tower B1 (Floor 2), To Huu Street, Hanoi

Stratum Zero displays a wide range of works by Vietnamese artists in The Outpost Collection. The exhibition attends to the analysis of the aesthetic context and construction of the contemporary Vietnamese spirit and artistic landscape evoked from the works.

That analysis and construction is expressed through the practice of processing and restructuring the material language, through marking the enduring flow of Asian folklore and philosophy, as well as hidden, peripheral historical perspectives.
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Solo Exhibition “Natural Garden”

Sep 9-Oct 8; 09 am – 08 pm,
Annam Gallery, 371/4 Hai Ba Trung Street, D3, HCMC
Entrance fee: 50.000đ/person

The solo exhibition “Natural Garden” exhibits 16 lacquer paintings. With 16 lacquer works I introduced to the art-loving public this time, the theme “Natural Garden” is a source of strong emotions like the joyful notes of the richness of heaven and earth and life.

There is the peace of flowers, trees and plants with the silhouettes of dream-loving girls and the woman I love; there are couples who are attached and above all there is a harmony between man and nature…

Private View “Cubist Kaleidoscope: Explorations of the Mind’s Canvas”

Sep 9 – Oct 14
Vin Gallery, 35/8 Nguyen Van Dau Street, Binh Thanh District, HCMC

Vin Gallery proudly presents “Cubist Kaleidoscope: Explorations of the Mind’s Canvas” by Dylan Gill. In a practice that emerged from the encounter with diverse individuals, Gill opens himself up to the emotional signals that vibrate just below the noise of modern life and attempts to capture their effects on canvas, quickly, while they are still fresh in his psyche.

The result is a body of works that operate in the vein of empathetic impressionism, using color, form, and symbolic imagery to transform interplays of feeling into vivid surrealist portraits. 

Exhibition “In the Forest”

Until Oct 29, 09 am – 08 pm,
Floor B3, 136 Hang Trong Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

An exhibition by the twin artists Le Brothers. While it is a conversation between the duo and the external world, unlike their previous works, it looks at the entities existing in the external world as subjects existing alongside the artists, not just a pretext to reflect a mind-body-spirit’s narrative. 

Concurrent Exhibitions: “White Noise” & “Rhyming Gestures”

07 Aug 2023 – Jan 2024
10 am – 04 pm, Wed & Fri
EMASI Nam Long, 147 No 8, Nam Long Residential Area, D7, HCM City
10 am – 04 pm, Tues & Thurs
EMASI Vạn Phúc, 2 Street 5, Van Phuc Residential Area, Thu Duc District, HCM City

Nguyen Art Foundation (NAF) proudly presents ‘White Noise’ (curated by Van Do) and ‘Rhyming Gestures’ (curated by Thái Hà and Nhat Q. Vo) – two concurrent exhibitions with the participation of 19 artists from within and outside of our Collection.

The exhibitions will take place simultaneously across the campuses of EMASI Nam Long (District 7) and EMASI Van Phuc (Thu Duc City) from August 2023 to January 2024.

As a series of re-configurations of existing artworks from within and outside of NAF’s Collection, ‘White Noise’ proposes an interpretation of the Foundation’s 2023 theme Community and Compassion through a post-pandemic and post-human lens with participating artists Dao Tung, Tran Tuan, Nguyen Phuong Linh, Lai Dieu Ha, Nguyen Huy An, Dinh Q. Le, Nguyen Tran Nam, Jeamin Cha, Cam Xanh and Nguyen Trung.

Hidden Moment from the East – An Internet Troll

Until Oct 7
CUC Gallery
A4703 (Floor 47), Keangnam Hanoi Tower A, Duong Dinh Nghe Street, Hanoi

Cuc Gallery is pleased to announce Hidden Moment From The East: An Internet Troll — a solo exhibition by the emerging painter Nguyen Ngoc Vu.

Based in Saigon, this is Vu’s first ever show at Cuc Gallery in Hanoi, and it constitutes the second installment in his ongoing Hidden Moment series.

The first installment was presented by Cuc Gallery at SEA Focus art fair in Singapore, with the title Hidden Moment From The East: The Internet Has No Filter. In this new chapter, the artist dives once more into the morass of internet culture, combining both Eastern and Western art historical idioms with the cutting-edge cringe of the day.