Truong Tan
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This artwork depicts a celestial scene with a prominent, partially illuminated planet or moon surrounded by a starry night sky. The composition uses a muted color palette of browns, grays, and blacks, creating a sense of depth and vastness. The surface of the planet is textured, conveying a sense of the rugged terrain. The artist has employed a photorealistic technique, capturing the intricate details and atmospheric effects of the cosmic landscape. This piece likely aims to evoke a sense of wonder and awe at the grandeur of the universe beyond our immediate experience. ...
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Truong Tan
B.1963, VietnameseBorn in Hanoi in 1963, Truong Tan is one of Vietnam’s most innovative and daring artists. As the first openly gay artist in Vietnam to freely address issues of homosexuality in his art, he has also proven influential due to his relentless originality as a painter and his groundbreaking works of performance and installation in the 1990s. Moving from his early autobiographical work, Tan’s current practice (often times incredibly labour intensive) ponders grand themes of love, courage, prejudice and conflict. ...
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Galerie Quynh
Ho Chi Minh CityRecognized 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. ...