‘In 2010, San Art will collaborate on a series of exhibitions showcasing the work of contemporary artists from Vietnam and abroad at L’usine, one of Vietnam’s first design-concept stores in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City. Situated above the glitz and glam of Dong Khoi Street, L’usine combines both café, retail store and gallery space.

San Art considers this collaboration a unique opportunity to provide an alternate perspective on what constitutes ‘contemporary’ art and design, aiming to work with artists in the creation of projects that utilize this unique space, which has been re-modeled to replicate the feel of a 1920s French garment factory.

The inaugural show ‘Your Name Here’, by The Propeller Group and Tyke Witnes, will open on 11 January. The Propeller Group is an artist collective based in Saigon who are drawn to the contradictions of popular mass culture, in all its copied, documented, re-mapped and twisted states. Tyke Witnes is a Vietnamese/American graffiti artist, based in LA. In this exhibition, Graf artist ‘Uh’ shares his failed attempts at making meaning while monsters lurk as witness.

Your Name Here
January 11 - February 28, 2010