Exhibition “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”
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Opening: Fri 30 Sep, 6.30 pm
Artists’ Talk: Sun 2 Oct, 3 pm
Exhibition: 30 Sep – 15 Nov 2011
The Bui Gallery
From The Bui Gallery:
The Bui Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Love’ showing work on paper by Truong Tan, Nguyen Minh Thanh, Nguyen Quang Huy, Tracey Emin and Louis Bourgeois.
Like the collection of short stories by Raymond Carver, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”, the works in this exhibition are reflections on love – drifting between the language of simplicity and that which manifests itself when confronting those complex emotions, individualities, solitude and overwhelming passion.
The women in Quang Huy’s new paintings are suffocating between crumbling reality and their shattered dreams, but appearing as magnetic angels, intriguing and magnificent, they fight for the name of love.
With Minh Thanh, the tranquil imagery, so bitter in his paintings, questions the reality, the essential, the unconditional nature of Love, and questions whether it can make one complete. And Truong Tan, with works from 1993 and 1994; could it be that violence and harsh reality are the seeds of the deary gentleness which every human being seeks when in love?
”What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” also features a few pieces by two extraordinary contemporary female artists – Louis Bourgeois and Tracey Emin. Their works here candidly confront themes of identity, sexuality and the fear of loss and abandonment.
Artists are probably at their clearest when composing on paper; they reveal their honesty, their hearts, their minds and their desires. Through this exhibition, Bui Gallery hopes that the endearing spirit of these artists will satisfy visitors, especially those who are themselves wondering about the complexities of love.
 | The Bui Gallery 23 Ngo Van So St., Hanoi, Vietnam tel: +84(0)4 39 44 85 95/ fax: +84(0)4 39 44 85 94 [email protected] www.thebuigallery.com Gallery Hours: Monday – Sunday, 11am – 6pm |
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