VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition in Hanoi to mark the one year death anniversary of artist Vu Dan Tan (1946-2009) will show his pro-humanism paintings of money.

Artist Vu Dan Tan (1946-2009). (Photo: Internet)
Tan created his money series over a period of nearly a decade from 1994. It’s iconography, in combination with the work’s conceptual premise of exchange, can be understood on many levels. Embodying Vu Dan Tan’s unfailing humanism, the work is pan-cultural in reach.

The artist depicted his own interpretations of the euro, Hong Kong dollar, the Iraqi dinar, and English pound, amongst others. The series also honored the connections between peoples and their cultures.

Unwilling to accept the power of real money in the real world, Vu Dan Tan fabricated their more valuable substitutes, loudly announcing his faith that it was beauty and nothing else, which would save the world, said Natasha, wife of the late artist.

Vu Dan Tan was a great innovator and craftsmen and often worked with salvaged or available materials, cryptically telling the story of the times.

The exhibition runs till November 14 at Salon Natasha at 30 Hang Bong Street in Hanoi.

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