The beauty of women will be explored at a joint visual art exhibitionat Ho Chi Minh City's Fine Arts Museum between January 11 and 24.
Titled Ve Nu O Viet Nam (Venus in Vietnam): Vu Dan Tan and NguyenNghia Cuong, the exhibition features installations and sculptures bylate popular artist Vu Dan Tan (1946-2009) and Nguyen Nghia Cuong (bornin 1973).
The exhibition compares and contrasts perspectives offeminine beauty as it relates to both gender and sexiness, providing anopportunity to look back at local art that appeared during twoimportant events in the 20th and 21st centuries.
In September2012, an exhibition titled Venus in Vietnam was organised in Hanoi,where for the first time many of Tan's works were introduced to thepublic.
At the time, delicate suitcases made of cardboard andminiature female figurines placed inside cigarette boxes were a specialtreat for the public.
During the 1980s, Tan was among the firstto exhibit new styles of art in Vietnam, showcasing multimedia worksand various other art forms, using materials available for everyday use –items that had never been used for making art before.
He is considered a pioneer of various art forms of the pre-doi moi (renovation) period [before 1986].
Some of his sculptures were displayed at the Sculpture Triennial inFellbach, Germany, in 2001 and at other exhibitions in Japan, theNetherlands and Singapore.
Nguyen Nghia Cuong, who graduatedfrom the Vietnam Fine Arts College, is known for his ironic view ofcontemporary realism.
In his latest work, titled Beauty High Quality, he explores the common features of popular culture and advertising.
The upcoming exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City will focus on the beautyof women in the social, cultural and political context of Vietnamesesociety at the end of the 20th and in the early 21st century.
The organiser, the Goethe Institute in HCM City, will host a talk showwith artist Cuong and two curators Natalia Kraevskaia and Iola Lenzi.
Lenzi will discuss Tan's women and the symbols of beauty in hisart, while Kraevskaia will talk to Cuong about his works and ideology.-VNA
Titled Ve Nu O Viet Nam (Venus in Vietnam): Vu Dan Tan and NguyenNghia Cuong, the exhibition features installations and sculptures bylate popular artist Vu Dan Tan (1946-2009) and Nguyen Nghia Cuong (bornin 1973).
The exhibition compares and contrasts perspectives offeminine beauty as it relates to both gender and sexiness, providing anopportunity to look back at local art that appeared during twoimportant events in the 20th and 21st centuries.
In September2012, an exhibition titled Venus in Vietnam was organised in Hanoi,where for the first time many of Tan's works were introduced to thepublic.
At the time, delicate suitcases made of cardboard andminiature female figurines placed inside cigarette boxes were a specialtreat for the public.
During the 1980s, Tan was among the firstto exhibit new styles of art in Vietnam, showcasing multimedia worksand various other art forms, using materials available for everyday use –items that had never been used for making art before.
He is considered a pioneer of various art forms of the pre-doi moi (renovation) period [before 1986].
Some of his sculptures were displayed at the Sculpture Triennial inFellbach, Germany, in 2001 and at other exhibitions in Japan, theNetherlands and Singapore.
Nguyen Nghia Cuong, who graduatedfrom the Vietnam Fine Arts College, is known for his ironic view ofcontemporary realism.
In his latest work, titled Beauty High Quality, he explores the common features of popular culture and advertising.
The upcoming exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City will focus on the beautyof women in the social, cultural and political context of Vietnamesesociety at the end of the 20th and in the early 21st century.
The organiser, the Goethe Institute in HCM City, will host a talk showwith artist Cuong and two curators Natalia Kraevskaia and Iola Lenzi.
Lenzi will discuss Tan's women and the symbols of beauty in hisart, while Kraevskaia will talk to Cuong about his works and ideology.-VNA
