Nguyen Manh Hung

Nguyen Manh Hung

BornNationalityBased In
1976VietnameseHo Chi Minh City
Biography

“Our lives are filled with conflicts – sometimes sad and sometimes humorous. My creative practice is an exploration of aspects of the national and cultural history of Vietnam, as well as personal and contemporary life experiences. I don’t aim to talk about anything specifically, preferring to focus on the visual relationships of disjointed elements and unusual scales. Influences include early and contemporary Surrealism.” Born in 1976 and raised and educated in Hanoi, Nguyen makes art that reflects the comical situations arising from the rapid yet piecemeal processes of domestic urbanization and modernization. As a multi-disciplinary artist, he is equally at ease painting as he is creating large-scale installations or exploring performative work. Nguyen’s particular realist style encompasses a distinctive sense of playfulness and humour that sets him apart from previous generations of artists. As the son of a fighter jet pilot, he draws on the personal in his paintings of aircraft. Depicting military planes laden down with oversized grocery items, or else soaring across the sky with bushels from the rice harvest, Hung’s surreal scenes humorously morph a symbol of destruction with conduits of hope, benevolence and joy. ...

Selected Artworks
Security Booth
Nguyen Manh HungSecurity Booth, 2016
48 x 90 x 60cm
The Monument of Glory
Milk Bottles
Nguyen Manh HungMilk Bottles, 2001
19 x 5.5 x 5.5cm
Go to Market
Nguyen Manh HungGo to Market, 2013
220 x 400 x 60cm
Keep My Planet Clean
Nguyen Manh HungKeep My Planet Clean, 2013
100 x 140 x 70cm
The Barricade
Nguyen Manh HungThe Barricade, 2013
220 x 430 x 120cm
Relax
Nguyen Manh HungRelax, 2014
35 x 50cm
Checkpoint
Nguyen Manh HungCheckpoint, 2016
35 x 35 x 40cm
In Case of Emergency
Hero at The Station
Secret In The Chest
Hidden Place No.1
Medical Officers
Nguyen Manh HungMedical Officers, 2020
100.6 x 100.3cm
All Aboard No. 2
All Aboard No. 3
All Aboard No. 5
All Aboard No. 6
All Aboard No. 7
All Aboard No. 8
Gallery Representation
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