Hue – Exhibition “Faces of Asian Ethnic Groups”

Opening: Sun 05 Jun, 5 pm
Exhibition: 05 Jun – 05 Jul 2011
New Space Arts Foundation, Huế

From New Space Arts Foundation:
You are invited to the exhibition “Faces of Asian Ethnic Groups” of artist Laval Sebatien.

For more information about the exhibition, see below:

The black-and-white photos portray the life and culture of people in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, as well as Cambodia’s Angkor Wat and Luang Prabang in Laos. Laval’s treatment of floating houses, flickering cooking fires, the innocent smiles of kids, the austere expression on the face of an ethnic man, or a tobacco pipe between a woman’s lips, captures the enigma that endures in this region.

The photos include portraits and depict both traditional customs and changes in people’s lives. Images in opposition, such as traditional clothes and satellite dishes, old roofs and asphalt roads, reflect the changes in the lives of the ethnic people. The images have no titles, allowing the viewer to freely think, feel and discover the characters, to “try to meet them, talk to them, look at them and understand them”.