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9/03/12 — A reflection of the rapidly reshaping city/street scape of Hanoi as part of a globalized view of today’s world, this show is interesting in its formal presentation and the means the artist is using to explore it.
Paradoxically, in some of the works on show the use of three-dimensional modeling in apparent opposition to the flatness brought about by the billboard advertising in the public and social space only reinforces it by the cut-out approach to the images of people and objects of the street scape, as if flattening their actuality and evening it out with the actuality of advertising.
I found this work dry and aesthetically limited to its technical production in scope and artist’s presence.
Perhaps this effect was sought after by the artists and in that sense the work delivers the perceived detachment to the fore.
In the remaining works the selected sign imagery is used to a great effect for its decorative role as well as implied meaning of entertainment and the use of print on paper/silk and the traditional scroll format is seductively appealing in its combination of modernity and tradition — actuality and symbolism, and (deliberately or not) suggests the replacement of content in formal tradition…
The accompanying catalog is impressive in its design and generously given away to every visitor at the opening night — a beautifully crafted object to keep…