Mind, Flesh, Matter

Opening: 13.05.2014 @6pm Exhibition on view until 31.07.2014 Location: Sàn Art 3 Me Linh, Binh Thanh   The relationship between mind, body and the physical environment has been a constant topic inside the studios of Le Phi Long, Lai Thi Dieu Ha and Nguyen Van Du in Session 4 of ‘San Art Laboratory’. The contemplation of this fragile relationship was evident in the photographic snapshots taken by Nguyen Van Du in his regular visits to an abattoir on the outskirts of Saigon. Above his oil-paint spattered studio floor, these pinned...

Lab 4 : Open studio 1

Sàn Art gives warm welcome to the artists-in-residence of the 4th session of ‘Sàn Art Laboratory’: Le Phi Long (Hue-HCMC), Lai Dieu Ha (Ha Noi) and Nguyen Van Du (Ho Chi Minh City) who began their 6 month residency on the 6th December, 2013. After initial research and experiment, the artists are ready to reveal their first explorations to public in an OPEN STUDIO on January 25th, 5.30pm at Sàn Art Laboratory, 40/18 Pham Viet Chanh, Binh Thanh District. Come visit Phi Long who will share Ho Chi Minh City’s...

A talk by guest artist: Frederic Sanchez

French/Vietnamese “San Art Laboratory” guest artist Frederic Sanchez (currently based in Shanghai) will talk about curatorial projects that he has developed in parallel of his artwork. He will also introduce his upcoming project: “Red”, a Monochrome exhibition at The Observatory, HCMC....

Right fiction?

This will be an artist talk as performative interview. It will involve Phan Thao Nguyen and Ngoc Nau interrogating each other regarding subjects, materials, process and methodologies concerning each of their artwork production over the last 6 months as residents of ‘San Art Laboratory’. They will give you a window onto their trials and experiments with materials such as jute, charcoal, neon, bronze, oil on x-ray film and light, sharing not only the in-depth research they carried out of these materials, but also their analysis of the history and meaning...

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...