KVT looks at two current painting shows

KVT looks at two current painting shows

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Monet and Cam at the Bookworm; Wall Stuff at L’Espace

Monet and Cam at the Bookworm

Hoang Duy Vang is one of Hanoi’s most interesting young artists. He’s never satisfied with the final results and continues to push and pull and pour and dribble paint over surfaces in the most delightful ways. His early work concentrated on portraying water lilies in ways that would have delighted Monet. You may have seen his lilies last year at Maison Des Arts or if you ever went to the Carre Verte restaurant his arresting canvasses were on the walls. In a huge departure he did a great series of Dale Frank-like paint pours which were sponsored by the Danes at Viet Arts last year.

In his current exhibition he’s decided to present a series on St Joseph’s in Hanoi and the dribble and flow of paint obscuring the edifice and surrounds is a bit of a take on Monet and his Cathedral at Rouen. They are rather lovely and full of movement.

Opposite them are some really good portraits in which the features are pushed, pulled and daubed in eloquent swathes and strokes. There’s a bit of a fauvist touch to them and all are a sort of homage to the self portrait output of renowned artist Hoang Hong Cam. Great statements!

Wall Stuff at L’Espace

Nguyen Thi My’s paints the stuff that is stencilled and pasted on walls all over Hanoi and which continues to fascinate photographers. He’s the first artist I’ve come across who’s attempted to devote a series of canvases to a sometimes photorealist portrayal of the practice. It’s a brave attempt but ultimately he’s been trumped One piece under the stairs works well. It’s a minimalist canvas with one small poster representation on it. However what does work and work excitingly is the way he’s painted the pillars in the exhibition space. Really that’s all he needed to exhibit. It could have been an intriguing minimalist installation. 

Not a reviewer, not a critic, “Kiếm Văn Tìm” is an interested, impartial and informed observer and connoisseur of the Hanoi art scene who offers highly opinionated remarks and is part of the long and venerable tradition of anonymous correspondents. Please add your thoughts in the comment field below.

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