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...
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...
Artist studios of 3 artist-in-residence Trần Xuân Anh, Nguyễn Hữu Trâm Kha and Ngô Đình Bảo Châu, and New Yorker writer – artist Christopher Myers are opened to public audiences. This is the last Open Studio before the artists exhibit the final show as result of their 6-month residency at San Art Laboratory. So you will have a chance to see the process experimenting ideas into physical artworks. Bảo Châu examines the contrasts among forms, materials and sculptural practices. Xuân Anh confronts Vietnamese norms of art and craft, while Trầm...
Visitors are invited to the artist studios of Tran Xuan Anh, Nguyen Huu Tram Kha and Ngo Dinh Bao Chau to see how their work progresses.
The tour is followed by a talk on ‘Myanmar’, given by Ho Chi Minh City artists Tran Minh Duc & Tung Mai. In 2012, Myanmar was the focus of much tourist, economic and social attention across the world. Tran Minh Duc and Tung Mai were invited to participate in two unique events in the capital of Yangoon – ‘Beyond Pressure’ organized by local artist...
Please also join an artist talk by Johanna Calle (Bogota, Colombia) who is now staying at San Art Laboratory for 3 weeks as part of 'Irregular Hexagon: Colombian Art in Residence'
