A Casual Conversation with Artist Trương Tân

Fri 26 Feb 2016, 7 pm
Six Space

From the organizer:

Art, love, life, illusions about the West and discourse about meaning and significance of art. Come to an encounter – a talk with artist Truong Tan as well as to share and exchange stories with Tan over tea and cake this fresh start of 2016.

About Truong Tan:

Truong Tan was born in 1963 in Hanoi, Vietnam. He graduated from the Fine Art School Hanoi in 1982, and the University of Fine Art Hanoi in 1989. He served as a lecturer at the latter from 1989 to 1997 before becoming a full-time artist. Following the advent of the Doi Moi (renovation) policy in 1986, which liberalized Vietnam’s market policies, there was a resurgent artistic romanticization of Vietnam’s past. Truong, for his part, abandoned the country’s then-current academicism in favor of a practice focused on the complexities of human psychology and social circumstance. Through painting, drawing, performance, installation, sculpture, and ceramics, Truong challenges social convention and investigates themes of identity and freedom of expression.

A pioneer in the fields of lacquer work, performance, and painting his work addresses many issues of oppression that individuals are forced to contend with within traditional Vietnamese culture. Perhaps Vietnam’s first openly homosexual artist his work has opened the doors for those after him to discuss notions of sexuality in the arts. Some of his most interesting work to date is what he is able to accomplish in the realm of lacquer, where he subverts the traditional aesthetic of this medium by introducing figures that are reminiscent of street art in New York in the 1980’s and 1990’s. His influences range from ancient Greek iconography to the work of Keith Haring and Basquiat.

Truong has had solo exhibitions in Viet Nam and widely abroad. He lives and works in Paris and Hanoi.

* Please register, with your details (Full Name, contact number & email), via this link before 25/02/2016.

* Number of Attendees: 20 people.

* Please Note: Prior to this event, please prepare in written form or thoughts about: A wish, A space you dream of, A distance, A perception about art (changes & progress).