The Apple

Lien Truong

The Apple, 2013182.8 x 243.8cmSign in to view price
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oil on canvasGalerie Quynh
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This fantastical painting features a vibrant, imaginative landscape with striking visual elements. The composition is dominated by a mythical, serpentine creature with vibrant, iridescent scales. In the foreground, two alluring female figures stand on rock formations, their flowing robes and poses suggesting a mystical, otherworldly narrative. The artwork employs a rich, saturated color palette and a surreal, dreamlike style, evoking a sense of the sublime in nature. The artist's intention seems to be to transport the viewer into a realm of fantasy, mythology, and the mysterious forces of the natural world. ...

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Lien Truong
Artist
Lien Truong
B.1973, Vietnamese

“I am at once seduced by the sensation and process of pushing material over a surface and at the same time curiously fixated on the present-day relevance and discoveries of these primordial acts.” Conceptually relishing the convergence of centuries-old, historical practices with contemporary subject matter, Lien Truong’s strength as an artist is evidenced by her exquisite handling of materials. Through a myriad of constructs of painting and installations, Truong’s work examines our own systems of belief within the social concepts of family, religion and popular icons. Truong’s most recent work is concerned with social camouflage. With their seemingly fantastical landscape, the Camo Chronicles explore actual zones of current and historical conflict. Using textile design as a sort of camouflage that refers to our human interpretation of the natural world, the design can be considered as both a camouflage in war to disguise forms in the landscape and as a type of uniform and symbol of belonging to the specific countries. ...

Lien Truong: Artworks
North Korea, 1950 - 53
Lien Truong
North Korea, 1950 - 53, 2017
17 x 21cm
Guatemala, 1960s
Lien Truong
Guatemala, 1960s, 2017
17 x 21cm
Mutiny in the Garden
Lien Truong
Mutiny in the Garden, 2018
183 x 244cm
The Peril of Angel’s Breath
Lien Truong
The Peril of Angel’s Breath, 2018
244 x 183cm
Camo Chronicle: France-Germany
Lien Truong
Camo Chronicle: France-Germany, 2012
40.6 x 50.8cm
Camo Chronicle Vietnam – USA
Lien Truong
Camo Chronicle Vietnam – USA, 2012
41 x 51cm
Salvation for the Heathens
Lien Truong
Salvation for the Heathens, 2013
101.5 x 76cm
The Apple
Lien Truong
The Apple, 2013
182.8 x 243.8cm
The Descent
Lien Truong
The Descent, 2013
101.3 x 72.2cm
Om Prakash Yadav
Lien Truong
Om Prakash Yadav, 2013
45.6 x 35.6cm
The African Unicorn
Lien Truong
The African Unicorn, 2013
61.2 x 45.8cm
That Mimetic Waltz of the Moirai
Lien Truong
That Mimetic Waltz of the Moirai, 2018
243.8 x 182.9cm
Iraq
Pale, Bosnia
Lien Truong
Pale, Bosnia, 1995
17 x 21cm
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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