Note 15

Do Thanh Lang

BornNationalityBased In
1986VietnameseHo Chi Minh City
Biography

In Do Thanh Lang’s paintings there is a hidden force within their bright swathes of colours that intrigues and confuses. The performativity of his characters and heightened drama of the scenes act as a visual confidence trick, masking the dangers lying in wait beneath the superficial resin. The spectator takes the role of the dreamer, for like in dreams one is unsure how one arrived at this, or any particular instance. Navigating through the artist’s perplexing, surrealist tableaux, the spectator–dreamer is but a character equipped with scripts and storylines, though acting as witness rather than participant. As his frantic brushmarks flit between the crude layers of plastic and resin, Do Thanh Lang seems to mimic that hypnagogic state of mind where darkness turns to dreams. Approaching art practice with a rare instinct – visible through the craggy edges of his canvas, or the occasional insect fossilised by his resin. Do Thanh Lang is aptly positioned to extract humour from a dire situation. In all their hazy strangeness, his artworks are akin to pieces of a memory – a visual journal of altered consciousness. ...

Selected Artworks
Untitled
Do Thanh Lang
Untitled, 2015
28 x 47cm
Note 7
Do Thanh Lang
Note 7, 2019
40.7 x 40.5cm
Untitled
Do Thanh Lang
Untitled, 2020
120 x 120cm
Untitled 
Do Thanh Lang
Untitled , 2020
41 x 50.5cm
Untitled from 'fluorescent fog'
Do Thanh Lang
Untitled from 'fluorescent fog', 2020
120 x 120cm
Film 10
Untitled
Do Thanh Lang
Untitled, 2015
170.5 x 263.5cm
Untitled
Do Thanh Lang
Untitled, 2016
110 x 110cm
Untitled
Do Thanh Lang
Untitled, 2016
144 x 144cm
Untitled from 'fluorescent fog'
Do Thanh Lang
Untitled from 'fluorescent fog', 2020
120 x 140cm
Untitled from 'fluorescent fog'
Do Thanh Lang
Untitled from 'fluorescent fog', 2020
140 x 120cm
Untitled from 'fluorescent fog'
Do Thanh Lang
Untitled from 'fluorescent fog', 2020
120 x 120cm
Film 2
Film 6
Film 7
Note 15
Do Thanh Lang
Note 15, 2020
60.3 x 80.3cm
Note 13
Do Thanh Lang
Note 13, 2020
60.5 x 120cm
Gallery Representation
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