Sàn Art Online Auction 4-18 December 2014 on paddle8.com

Opening: 04.12.2014 @7:00 AM Exhibition on view until 08.12.2014 Location: paddle8.com paddle8.com/auction/sanart VIEW AUCTION AND PLACE YOUR BID HERE! ‘Thresholds of Motion’, an ‘exhibition-as-online auction’ with paddle8.com is a Sàn Art fundraising initiative. The success of this auction is crucial to the future sustainability of Sàn Art in Vietnam – a not-for-profit, independent contemporary art organisation whose activities are in serious financial jeopardy. We need your support! ‘Thresholds of Motion’ presents a unique collection of contemporary art composed of photography, printmaking, drawing, oil and silk painting, ceramic, assemblage and sculpture...

Residual: Disrupted Choreographies

Opening: 21.02.2014  Exhibition on view until 27.04.2014 Location: Carré d’Art Carré d’Art – musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes 16 Place de la Maison Carrée 30000 Nîmes, France   ‘Disrupted Choreographies’ weaves eight contemporary voices from Vietnam who propose alternate narratives between colonial histories, collective behavior, systems of class and the crumbling of ideological thought. This exhibition challenges the relationship between Vietnam and the ‘global’ stage, illustrating an artistic community critical of the historical consciousness that often stands in for its name (ie. the guilt of war; the tourist getaway; the...

The Propeller Group

The Propeller Group is an art collective based in Saigon and Los Angeles, comprised of Phunam, Matt Lucero and Tuan Andrew Nguyen. Drawn to television, film, video and the Internet in its ability to make information attractive and desired on a mass scale, ‘The Propeller Group’ are manipulators of media language keen to reach a larger audience that takes the presentation of art beyond the world of gallery spaces and museums. Working with local and international film, television, music and artistic producers, ‘The Propeller Group’ helps to realize collaborative statements...

Static friction: Burning rubber

This body of work responds to a central theme that revolves around motorbike culture. Viet Nam has the most motorbike usage per capita in the world