One of the ’Another Land’ paintings by Nguyen The Hung (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Abstract paintings by NguyenThe Hung are being displayed at the artist’s solo exhibition in New York fromApril 3-24.
With the title ‘Another Land’, the exhibition will displaynew works which are the result of an art residence programme at the VermontStudio Centre (VSC).
Hung, 38, received an Artist Grant to work at the centre forfour weeks. Founded in 1984, the centre intends to foster creativityamong artists. The VSC has grown tobecome the largest international artists’ and writers’ residency programme inthe US.
Hung joined the programme with some 30 other painters,sculptors and writers from various countries such as the UK, China, Argentina,the Republic of Korea, the US and Canada. Each artist has a space to work, andat the end of the course they open their studios and present their works.
Hung’s artworks have been selected for display at Salomon ArtsGallery. In this series, he describes his painting as “observing the movingpoints in my imagination.”
“I always find inspiration from nature around me, like thegarden I care for every day at home, as well as my experience of four weeks inthe US,” he said.
Rodrigo Salomon, owner of the gallery, remarked that hispaintings are multi-layered, both literally and figuratively.
“The artist shows skilled combinations of materials,techniques and imagery,” he said.
“Each painting explores the conflicts and relations betweeneternity and fleetingness, tradition and modernity, philosophy and aesthetics.”
Hung as usual showcases an imaginative land where he recallshis childhood in the mountains, his own relationship with nature through theplanting of trees, and his interest in the greater organic unity of art andlife.
In these works, Hung continues using unique traditionalmaterials of do (poonah) paper and other delicate, flowingpatterns of Vietnamese fine arts and architecture, combined with modernpractices and expressions such as a magazine models or pin-up girls.
“Another Land is a place where one may become lost, withboth the anxiety and the possibility that entails,” said Salomon.
“In the paintings, we find some shapes appear figurative,some are purely emotional colour and symbols. All of them constantly dazzle,disorient and challenge viewers to look deeper into the paintings,” said Salomon.-VNS/VNA
With the title ‘Another Land’, the exhibition will displaynew works which are the result of an art residence programme at the VermontStudio Centre (VSC).
Hung, 38, received an Artist Grant to work at the centre forfour weeks. Founded in 1984, the centre intends to foster creativityamong artists. The VSC has grown tobecome the largest international artists’ and writers’ residency programme inthe US.
Hung joined the programme with some 30 other painters,sculptors and writers from various countries such as the UK, China, Argentina,the Republic of Korea, the US and Canada. Each artist has a space to work, andat the end of the course they open their studios and present their works.
Hung’s artworks have been selected for display at Salomon ArtsGallery. In this series, he describes his painting as “observing the movingpoints in my imagination.”
“I always find inspiration from nature around me, like thegarden I care for every day at home, as well as my experience of four weeks inthe US,” he said.
Rodrigo Salomon, owner of the gallery, remarked that hispaintings are multi-layered, both literally and figuratively.
“The artist shows skilled combinations of materials,techniques and imagery,” he said.
“Each painting explores the conflicts and relations betweeneternity and fleetingness, tradition and modernity, philosophy and aesthetics.”
Hung as usual showcases an imaginative land where he recallshis childhood in the mountains, his own relationship with nature through theplanting of trees, and his interest in the greater organic unity of art andlife.
In these works, Hung continues using unique traditionalmaterials of do (poonah) paper and other delicate, flowingpatterns of Vietnamese fine arts and architecture, combined with modernpractices and expressions such as a magazine models or pin-up girls.
“Another Land is a place where one may become lost, withboth the anxiety and the possibility that entails,” said Salomon.
“In the paintings, we find some shapes appear figurative,some are purely emotional colour and symbols. All of them constantly dazzle,disorient and challenge viewers to look deeper into the paintings,” said Salomon.-VNS/VNA
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