Right fiction

Opening: 07.11.2013 @6:30pm Exhibition on view until 24.01.2014 Location: Sàn Art 3 Me Linh, Binh Thanh   ‘Session Three’ has been a dynamic experimentation space for Ngoc Nau and Thao Nguyen since June 2013, where the artists conducted scientific and cultural research that informed their individual artistic process in intriguing and profound ways. A fresh Art Critique graduate from Hanoi Fine Arts University, Ngoc Nau (b. 1989) has always been passionate and intuitive about art. Coming to the Laboratory with a broad interest in concepts of light, she embarked on...

Lab 3: Open studio 2

In the 30 days since the last Open Studio, there have been fascinating developments in the studio of Nguyen and Ngoc. Moving away from experimental sculpture with coal, Ngoc is now discovering new possibilities behind coal powder, turning what could potentially become destructive gunfire into creative means on blank canvas. She will also share with visitors an exciting and thoughtful miniature adventure in ‘the land of light’. Nguyen on the other hand is giving new life to old jute, creating rebirth in not only form and use but also in...

Lab 3: Open studio 1

Sàn Art gives warm welcome to the artists-in-residence of the third session of ‘Sàn Art Laboratory’: Ngoc Nau (Hanoi), Phan Thao Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh City) who begin their 6 month residency from 1st June, 2013. Sàn Art Laboratory offers a dynamic space for experimentation for Session Three participants during their first few months of initial research. Come visit their studio, get to know the artists, and learn about their work and process. Discuss with Thao the spontaneous drawings in her visual diary and find out more about jute, a...

Phan Thao Nguyen

Phan Thao Nguyen (b. 1987, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City. Through literature, philosophy and daily life, Phan Thao observes ambiguous issues in social convention, history and tradition. After graduating from Singapore’s Lasalle College of the Arts in 2009, Phan received an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Today in addition to her work as a multimedia artist, she has joined forces with artist Trương Công Tùng and curator Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần to form...

Open edit: AAA mobile library

Open Edit brings a selection of material from AAA’s collection to different cities in Asia, inviting people to read and interact with it in unconventional ways.