San Art Laboratory Session 8

Opening: 12.2015 Exhibition on view until 12.07.2016 Location: Sàn Art 48/7 Me Linh street, Ward 19, Binh Thanh district, Hochiminh city   Non-finito “A work is never completed except by some accident such as weariness, satisfaction, the need to deliver, or death: for, in relation to who or what is making it, it can only be one stage in a series of inner transformations.” – Paul Valéry, French symbolist poet – When is an artwork ‘finished’? Since the medieval Renaissance, artists have struggled with the dichotomous tension between their desires...

Artist Talk: San Art Laboratory Session 8

San Art Laboratory session 8 would like to invite everyone to the talk show with Questal Tay (Singapore), Nguyễn Quốc Dũng (Vietnam) and Dara Kong (Cambodia), the three artists of Session 8 – the last session of residency program of Sàn Art Laboratory. Let’s explore their journey in the last 5 months to overcome or twist the social expectations: by peering through the wounds of a piece of fabric, gazing into the eyes of a discriminated painted subject, or following the maps of an alienated stranger. Let’s discuss their artistic...