The kingfisher’s beak: open studio & gathering
Date & Time: Sat, 12th Aug @4:00PM-8:00PM
Location: Sàn Art
Millenium Masteri,
Units B.16 & B.17
132 Ben Van Don, Ward 6, District 4,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Language: Vietnamese/English
“The flight path and the view from the kingfisher’s beak – the art grocery store”
The audience was welcomed to the open studio with the addition of video, site-specific, and photography works in collaboration with friends and colleagues of the artist. Formatted as an intimate party with coffee and some beer, the...
the kingfisher’s beak
Duration: 19.07.2023 – 20.08.2023
Opening hours: Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm*
Locations:
Sàn Art, Millennium Masteri, B6.17 & B6.16, 132 Ben Van Don, W.6, D.4, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (enter via Nguyen Huu Hao)
Nguyễn Kiệu Island
Sàn Art is pleased to collaborate with urban artist Liar Ben on the project, the kingfisher’s beak, a public art project that takes inspiration from every day’s life at Cù lao Nguyễn Kiệu, a small island that is attached to District 4.
Kingfishers are known to be amongst the most precise hunting...
Liar Ben (b.1990), is an urban artist, who did not finish his schooling at the University of Fine Art, HCMC. His practices include street art, graffiti, art toy and his research focus on finding and making meanings out of the flow of urban life, to connect authentic local creativity to every day’s life. Some of his notable projects include Cô Mía (2012-now), Cơm Hộp (2019 – now), he’s now working fulltime as a very ham chơi artist, who likes to explore, observe and play with his art....
