anthony
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Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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 Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 6:10 pm Post subject: San Art -opening reception on Thursday, May 15 |
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San Art is pleased to announce the opening of “Black Paintings” by Nguyen Thai Tuan, whose works render the human body monochromatic and void of any individuality, save for the clothing that fashion the near insubstantial, ethereal forms
You are cordially invited to the opening reception on Thursday, May 15, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. 23 Ly Tu Trong Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Exhibition continues through June 14, 2008
The exquisitely fashioned figures of Nguyen Thai Tuan appear ethereal and wraithlike, their insubstantial forms mirroring a monochromatic landscape that is featureless and indistinguishable. 'Black Paintings' is a series of oil paintings where the human form is given meaning by its absence. The body of an invisible man is clothed and seated on a forlorn seat amongst a swath of yellow. In another image, three women in white stare at the viewer, seated and dressed in contemporary attire, their individual features lost, blacked in. This omission of human detail, masked in a color suggesting darkness, ignorance or emptiness is a deliberate ploy by the artist. He calls into question how we identify with the world, through the media, fashion, popular and political trends, by understanding how these systems may perpetuate ideas of cultural stereotypes and assumptions. By confronting such ideas, perhaps these black forms can be transformed into a different kind of human truth.
Zoe Butt
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