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Artists: Nguyễn Minh Thành

Don’t Call it Art!

From the archives of Veronika Radulovic: Nguyễn Minh Thành, Nguyễn Quang Huy, and Trương Tân Duration: 26.11.2022 — 11.02.2023 Opening hours: Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm 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) Mơ Art Space, Apricot Hotel, B3, 136, Hang Trong street, District Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam The exhibited archive revolves around the work of three artists: Trương Tân, Nguyễn Minh Thành and Nguyễn Quang Huy – all widely considered to be pioneers of contemporary...

Nguyễn Minh Thành

Nguyễn Minh Thành (b. 1971, Hanoi, Vietnam) graduated from the Vietnam University of Fine Arts (formerly known as Hanoi College of Fine Arts) in 1996, and belongs to the first generation of Vietnamese avant-garde artists who experimented with less traditional methods of art-making, including performance and installation in the 1990s and 2000s, and later played a significant role in cultivating the contemporary and experimental art scene in Hanoi. Concerned with Buddhist notions of attachment and escape, and using mainly Chinese ink and watercolour on handmade Vietnamese dó paper, Minh Thành...