Thavibu Gallery | Contemporary Art from Thailand, Vietnam and Burma |
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Vietnamese Artists | Dinh Quan
Dinh Quan was born in the coastal city of Haiphong, North
Vietnam, in 1964. In 1990 Dinh Quan graduated from the Hanoi
Fine Arts College, where he had studied lacquer painting.
Dinh Quan is today recognised as one of Vietnam’s most
important lacquer artists. Through his development of the
art form he has adapted the medium to include alternative
techniques and other art disciplines such as sculpture. The
earlier focus of his lacquer paintings
has been the female, which he often depicts in a refined, surrealist style. His ghostlike women sometimes seem sensual or deconstructed at times.
In his recent works questions of subjects and
viewpoints undergo subtle inflections toward their material,
spatial and historical dimensions. Though his dialogue is
not overtly political, he has seamlessly moved from the
surreal to the everyday with an open-ended conclusion.
Whether autobiographical or drawn from the lives around him,
he continues to focus on relationships, always keeping the
current socio-political situation of Vietnam in mind.
Dinh Quan has
experimented with innovative approaches to the traditional
art of lacquer painting and invented a unique and dynamic
style variation to the traditional technique. Dinh Quan has exhibited
extensively internationally, including in China (1994,
2010), Japan (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000), France (1996), Singapore (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002), Norway (1997), Philippines (1997, 1999), Hong Kong (1998, 2001), USA (1997, 1998, 2000,
2005), UK (1999, 2002), Thailand - Thavibu Gallery (1998,
2000, 2002, 2004, 2011), Taiwan (2000), Malaysia (2001,
2002), Luxembourg (2002), Belgium (2002), Italy (2007), and
Korea (2008). His works are in the museum collections of the
Singapore Art Museum, Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and the
National Art Gallery of Malaysia.
Gallery 1 | 2
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Exhibition: Red
River Rising |
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19 November - 17
December |
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