VietNamNet Bridge – Conceptualist Danh Vo is the only Vietnamese artist invited to display artworks at the 55th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennial, one among biggest art events in Europe.

One among artworks of Danh Vo displayed in Venice. -- Photo artsy.com

The exhibition, titled The Encyclopaedic Palace, is open to the public until November 24.

Curator of the show will be Massimiliano Gioni, associate director at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.

Vo is among 150 artists from 37 countries who will display their artworks.

Vo was born in 1975 in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and grew up in Denmark. He displays large-scale installation artworks, including an entire 200-year-old Catholic church from Viet Nam.

"The timber and stone building is a commentary on the impact colonialism has had on countries like Viet Nam, where both religion and even the construction of their places of worship have been imposed from abroad," Vo said about his work.

Vo received the Hugo Boss Prize 2012, the biennial honour established in 1996 to recognise significant achievement in contemporary art. His works were displayed at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, early this year.

Source: VNS