Ha Manh Thang’s “Not Memory”

Opening: Sat 10 Apr, 6.30 – 9 pm
Exhibition: 11 Apr – 3 May, 11 am – 6pm everyday
The Bui Gallery

Please join us for the opening of “Not Memory” by Hanoi artist Ha Manh Thang. Enter the pop art world of Thang and discover his illustration of new Vietnam filled with bright colors, traditional and modern iconography.

Please note: The dress code is GOLD and please kindly rsvp at [email protected] to be on the guestlist.

Ha Manh Thang’s work reflects his widespread desire and need to preserve Vietnamese heritage and traditions. It is this well-known dichotomy, the juxtaposition of East and West, traditional and modern that makes his work so poignant.

“Not Memory” is a maturation of Ha Manh Thang’s earlier work. The artist reinterprets and collages together old photographs of Vietnam, motifs from Japanese, Chinese and Western artistic traditions, logos of well-known brands and images from daily life in stark, bright colors on large canvases.

“No doubt memory is like a thorn which pricks you when you think of it. Whether it is meaningful or meaningless depends on how we think the past and our collective memories have had an impact on us; but the past is over and cannot be changed now. Collective memory like ocean waves wash over from this generation to the next as we consider together each part of history. Finally, producing these compositions for Not Memory has made me realize that “MEMORY IS NOT MEMORY” if we recognize its different impacts on each of our lives and our souls…”