By doing nothing

Hoang Duong Cam

By doing nothing, 2007190 x 150cmSign in to view price
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acrylic on canvasGalerie Quynh
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The artwork features a vibrant explosion of colors, shapes, and textures. The dominant colors are bold shades of red, orange, and turquoise, creating a dynamic and visually striking composition. The overall style is abstract and expressionistic, with a sense of movement and energy conveyed through the use of gestural brushstrokes and layered patterns. The central figure, which appears to be a human form, is depicted in a dreamlike, surreal manner, surrounded by a kaleidoscope of organic and geometric elements. The artist's intention seems to be to evoke a sense of emotional intensity and spiritual expression through the use of vivid, expressive imagery. ...

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Hoang Duong Cam
Artist
Hoang Duong Cam
B.1974, Vietnamese

In a career spanning over two decades, Hoang Duong Cam (b. 1974, Hanoi) dexterously alternates between painting, photography, video, installation, performance, and collaborative projects. Central to his artworks are the often humorous, sometimes absurdist explorations of the complex mechanisms that connect the self and its surroundings. The density of detail seen in much of Hoang’s oeuvre stems from his extensive pool of disparate references: from the Socratic dialogues to Edo-era prints to quantum physics. Collated from history and contemporary reality, the artist’s fragmented narratives revel in confusion and uncertainty, laying bare the contradictions inherent in human thought and behaviour. Hoang’s canvases, as layered with paint as they are with metaphors, are visual (re)constructions of liminal spaces, of distances irreconcilable. Though fascinated with historical and psychological boundaries, through his works the artist contends that boundaries are not a given but fluid and impermanent. When using media other than painting, Hoang often presents subtle, amusing projects that catch the viewer off-guard in their seeming straightforwardness. In juxtaposing and filtering through his eclectic interests, Hoang makes way for an unpremeditated sense of whimsy, or unease, or haunting melancholy to arise in his works. ...

Hoang Duong Cam: Artworks
By doing nothing
Lab in the Jungle
Face in leaves
Divided island
Hoang Duong CamDivided island, 2018
38 x 35 x 43cm
Bach 826 Courante
Lachrimae
Hoang Duong CamLachrimae, 2021
120 x 150cm
Galerie Quynh
Gallery
Galerie Quynh
Ho Chi Minh City

Recognized as Vietnam’s leading contemporary art gallery, Galerie Quynh has been promoting contemporary art practice in the country for over two decades. The gallery is known internationally for its consistently focused programming and educational initiatives. Working with a select group of emerging, mid-career and established Vietnamese artists, the gallery also exhibits the work of distinguished artists from around the world. In keeping with its mission to develop a sustainable ecosystem for the arts in Vietnam, the gallery collaborates with artists, curators, museums and art spaces locally and internationally to organize talks and lectures as well as to produce publications in English and Vietnamese. In May 2014 the gallery founded the not-for-profit educational initiative Sao La directed by artists Tung Mai and Nguyen Kim To Lan. Sao La has since evolved into an independent artist collective spearheaded by To Lan and Dalat-based artist Nguyen Duc Dat. In summer 2020 with support from the Goethe-Institut, the gallery launched the not-for-profit CáRô, an educational initiative that provides art education for students aged 13 – 18 who show demonstrative interest in the arts. ...

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