Art as Research: Seeing through other(s’) eyes
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22 October 2022
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Talk with Thao Nguyen Phan
Continuing the Nguyen Art Foundation’s series of education and public programs in association with its inaugural exhibition People, Victory and Life after the War, the online talk by the critically-acclaimed visual artist Thao Nguyen Phan unpacks both the arts of the image and the written words in her practice. Thao Nguyen is known for her poetic, multi-layered artworks which explore the historical and ecological issues facing Vietnam, while speaking to universal ideas surrounding ideas of tradition, ideology, ritual and environmental change. Through storytelling, mixing official and unofficial histories, her work challenges what she describes as “political amnesia”.
In this talk, Thao Nguyen brings together a selection of her artworks, including videos, paintings and sculptures. Thao Nguyen also shares her personal reflections on the development of the contemporary art scene in Ho Chi Minh City, her experience of being educated at the HCMC University of Fine Arts, learning from alternative local art spaces, and her experiences of exhibiting abroad.
This event is part of a series of public and education programs in association with People, Victory and Life after the War, an exhibition organized by Nguyen Art Foundation.