Solo Exhibition “POST AGNES” by Duong Thuy Duong
Opening: Sun 23 Jul 2017, 6 – 7 pm
Exhibition: 23 – 31 Jul 2017, 11 am – 7 pm
Artist Talk: Sat 29 Jul 2017, 4 – 6 pm (Speaker: artist Duong Thuy Duong, researcher Vu Huy Thong, MC Pham Long. Vietnamese only.)
Huong Ngo Art Space
3rd flooor, Nola café
89 – 91 Ma May Str, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
From Heritage Space:
Huong Ngo Art Space would like to introduce a solo exhibition POST AGNES of Duong Thuy Duong. The opening ceremony will be held at 18:00, July 23, 2017 at the rooftop of Nola Café 89-91 Ma May Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.
The show was inspired by Agnes – a protagonist in Immortality by Milan Kundera. In this novel, Agnes always tries to escape from the reality and desires a new world beyond this universe. Absorb herself in the imagination of Agnes, Duong Thuy Duong also wonders if there is a beginning of a new world? What’s behind the creation of this universe? Is the creation of the new world different from the shape of Mary and Jesus described in the New Testament?
As a person who strongly believes in Lord, Duong Thuy Duong thinks people’s belief in a romantic, dreamy and wild world has been shaken. The fascinating and romantic stories in the Bible are misunderstood. Then, the question here is whether the belief is still necessary in the world of individualism and full of arrogance toward the great invisible things.
Despite being loyal to the confusing-and-wild lines in the realistic space, she still surprises the audience when expressing herself through the colors of belief instead of the solitude, concern or experience. In 15 paintings, the two opposite forms such as “Light – Dark”, “Mother – Children”, “Creation – Destruction” are well handled, which attract the audience to a dark and obsessive space with the classical and romantic spirit. The exhibition POST AGNES has marked a milestone in Duong Thuy Duong’s career.
This exhibition is part of the collaboration between Huong Ngo Art Space and Heritage Space to conduct series of mini showcase at the venue in order to enrich local arts & cultural values. It received the generous support from Nola café for all conditions, as well as helps of artist friends and colleagues. We are deeply thankful.
❖ About artist
Duong Thuy Duong was born in 1979 and now is living in Germany. Being famous with the abstract self-portrait paintings, Duong Thuy Duong amazes the audience with “confusing” lines arranged deliberately in the realistic dark space. With the style of “non-self portrait painting”, Duong Thuy Duong firstly expresses her feeling and experience in artworks, and then engages the audience into the talk to find their ego and question themselves with the unanswered questions.
❖ About Huong Ngo Art Space
A tranquil but lively vintage space in Ma May Street, one of the Old Quarter’s oldest streets with the tube houses and French colonial influences in architect, Nola café establishes the Huong Ngo Art Space with the desire to create artistic resonance and become a cultural destination. Nola Café collaborates with Heritage Space in selecting and curating showcases in order to exploiter the most innovative and inspiring arts in Hanoi’s scene.
Free entrance
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❖ Sponsor: Nola Café
❖ Communication partner: Hanoi Grapevine
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Ms. Lê Phạm Ngọc Minh, media manager
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