Hey! To My Undisclosed Heart, the Rhyme
10 AM – 06 PM, Tues – Sun, 16 Oct – 29 Nov 2026
Rare Sea
3 Đặng Thị Nhu, Bến Thành ward, HCMC
From the organizer:
Rare Sea is pleased to present “Hey! To My Undisclosed Heart, the Rhyme”, a solo exhibition of Martin Constable, curated by Julian Chu.
Spanning oil paintings, lightbox digital images to CGI video art, the exhibition traces two recurring currents in Constable’s practice: an archaeology of civilization and a poetic interior that resists full disclosure. Across ruins, lived spaces, and objects, the imagery of the works and their titles echo one another with a poetic resonance, while Constable’s position between artist and engineer reveals the tension between analytical precision and what remains unresolved.
About artist
Martin Constable has exhibited widely in Europe and Asia. In 2000 he was nominated for the prestigious Sovereign Art Foundation prize. His clients include David Bowie, Elton John, Iggy Pop, Lord Gowrie (former Minister of the Arts, UK), Lord Croft, The Arts Council of Britain, Glaxo Smith Klien, The Rotary Club of Great Britain, JPMorgan Chase, UniCredit group and Deutsche Bank.
As an art teacher, his former students include many of South East Asia’s most renowned artists: Charles Lim, Guo-Liang Tan, Sara Choo, Donna Ong, Nobuo Yoda, Woon Tien Wei, Vincent Leong, Marla Bendini, Kelvin Atmadibrata, Yanyun Chen, Pan Huiting and Lavender Chang.
In 2001 he gave up painting to work in a collaborative, ‘Grieve Perspective’ where he developed his skill with digital media.
He started painting again when he moved to Vietnam, where he used to work as the Head of the Digital Media program of RMIT, Vietnam. He also teaches visual effects and researches computational aesthetics in collaboration with computer engineers.
About curator
Julian Chu is a curator who explores the creative motivations and sensibilities underlying artists’ work. Through in-depth interviews and close engagement with artists, she examines how artistic intentions are expressed through material choices and formal language. Drawing on her experience in archival research and studio management, she develops exhibitions, texts, and publications that trace an artist’s creative trajectory within broader historical and cultural contexts.
She has collaborated with Wu Chi-Tsung, Tsai & Yoshikawa, Wang Yahui, Nick Dong, and Su Meng-Hung as their studio manager . Her international exhibition experience includes Wu Chi-Tsung’s Far from East at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany (2017); jing-atmospheres at the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York, USA (2021); Nick Dong: 11 to 88 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, USA (2024); and Su Meng-Hung’s Desolate Landscape on the Golden Screens at Art Basel Unlimited in Basel, Switzerland (2025), alongside exhibitions in Taipei, Hong Kong, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She previously served as Office Manager of the Asian Cultural Council Taipei Office
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