Solo exhibition Bopha Xorigia Le Huy Hoang

Opening: Fri 08 May, 7.30pm
Exhibition: a few days (see note below)
Nha San Duc

Nhasan Studio proudly introduces “Scarf”, a solo show by Cambodian-Vietnamese artist Bopha Xorigia Le Huy Hoang. This is his first solo show.
Hoang is half Vietnamese and half Cambodian. He graduated from Hanoi Fine Art University in 2004. He is now living and working in Hanoi.
He is sharing his painful background and special life experience through the work at this exhibition (it’s also his birthday!).

Hoang’s Statement:

Everything was born having its own originality and reason. And only that creature can understand itself the most. To talk about oneself is a very natural act for the need of sharing of human beings.

My father, a Cambodian, who assembled in Hanoi was a military doctor working at 103 hospital Ha Dong before 1970. Later he was killed by the Pol Pot to exterminate Cambodians who was close with Vietnamese.

My mother, a Vietnamese woman, was a teacher at the school for children from Southern families assembled in the North of Vietnam during the war.

I’ve carried with me two different blood and an unpleasant memory about the war with the dangerous hidden angle of politics and my background. Before engaging in art, I was a soldier fighting at Cambodia battlefield so I understand part of its story.

The piece “ SCARF” is a part of my story and my own life being told. It’s the mixture within the soul and the unstability of everyday life.

The piece made of coffee residue I got in a shop near my place which stands for the hidden angle of war and politics pressed on me.

The jaggery part brought from Cambodia together with the white sugar of Vietnam were the two everyday materials of the two countries stands for different cultures of two nations still running sweetly inside me.

Note: How long will the exhibition run? I asked Nha San about that and this was the reply:

“we intend to show it in 3days, it is really depends on sugar melting. We would love to keep it as long as possible. maybe one week.”

So – catch it at the opening!

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