» Seems like a portrait

Le Quoc Thanh’s paintings can be read as attempts to capture on canvas an elusive light through a patchwork of color and a wild array of brushstrokes of varying density, movement, and velocity. Through his litanies of analog times, scribbled measurements, and the deployment of avatars, Thanh cobbles together a meditation on the role of the individual in a society obsessed with consumerist values, quantifiable standards, and fantasies of subterranean unrest. As a final touch on this exquisite mélange, the artist scatters random mementos across the painted surfaces. These encapsulated memories serve as landmarks in Thanh’s sublime psychogeography, where flows of light, time, and emotion all converge to render calm within chaos.

The work is on permanent display at the Khai Sang headquarters, Paragon, HCMC, Vietnam.

(Edited from text excerpts provided by Duong Manh Hung)