Art Talk about Artist’s Books

Sat 17 Aug 2013, 4 – 8 pm
Nha San Collective

From Nhasan Collective:

Artist’s Books: An Introduction to a New Form of Contemporary Art in Vietnam.

Not every art book is an artist’s book. Artist’s books are neither books about artists nor books about art, and they are not intended for bookshelves or libraries. Like most other contemporary art forms, artist’s book is a mixed-media work and is considered a work of art.

This talk will focus on the following themes:

– What an artist book is.
– How artist books have changed (includes examples of famous artist books).
– Whether Vietnamese artists make artist books.

The talk will use a few works from Joan Flasch’s Artists’ Book Collection and Vietnamese sources.

The introduction is given by Nguyễn Hồng Nhung, curator and founder of Nối, an art organization that connects Vietnamese artists with the outside world. She is currently studying Art Administration and Policy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is working at Joan Flasch’s Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, US.

Free entry

Communication partner: Hanoi Grapevine

Nhà Sàn COLLECTIVE is not a museum, a gallery or an international culture institute where completed work are presented by established artists. Just like Nhà Sàn Studio before, it is a working studio to nurture where artists can create, collaborate, be given advices, critiques, and have chances to meet with international artists, curators. Works that are presented at open studio every month could be finished or not, but the process of developing idea and working to improve the quality of the art work for local artists is what Nhà Sàn COLLECTIVE focus on.
Nhà Sàn COLLECTIVE will have “Open Studio” every last Saturday of each month to show the artist’s process of working.
If you are interest and curious about experimental art, and want to have conversation with the working artists, please visit

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