Exhibition features artistic dreams and future of life

18/08/2020, 15:46

A special painting exhibition entitled XOM by a group of Vietnamese artists and a foreigner will open this week in the centre of Hanoi.

A work titled "Nameless", acrylic on canvas by Bui Hoang Duong.

(Photo courtesy of the artist)

The XOM Art Exhibition 2020 is being held for the first time to mark the establishment of the XOM Group, which consists of seven members from across the country and one from South Africa. They are Yen Nang, Le Thi Minh Tam, Bui Hoang Duong, Nguyen Xuan Hoang, Ha Huy Muoi and Hendrik Jakobus Lubbex.

The artists are expected to display more than 50 works of different artistic styles including eight performance art shows, featuring their future dreams and particularly their views towards beauty and life.

Yen Nang, one of the members, explained the name of the group, XOM, saying that it was an idea with and without a meaning because the artists would like to let the audience define it by themselves after viewing their work.

"Many people asked me about XOM, wondering what does it mean. This name was born both intentionally and unintentionally. Actually, it is not important because initially, just know it is a symbol to distinguish from any other exhibitions," according to Nang.

"However, in the long term, if we can fulfill our dreams (or maybe not) that we convey through the content of our works, then the audience will understand and they can define what XOM is. That is more important," he added.

Nang, 48, will have one of his installation works and a sculpture exhibited at XOM 2020. Many of his works have appeared at different art events since 2002. His art studio is at Vicas Art Garage, 32 Hao Nam, Hanoi.

For him, art is something that "authentic artists" are always trying to break down its old "definition".

"Before, I used to say: 'for me, art is this or that ...' But now, I can see, art is the reclamation. We reclaim materials, skills, minds and soul," according to Nang.

Specifically, the artist said, now with the XOM 2020 exhibition, he had reclaimed from "construction waste" or the iron scraps collected from demolished constructions.

Meanwhile, artist Bui Hoang Duong, 37, from the central province of Thanh Hoa, said he would display his special works about dogs at the exhibition.

Duong, who has travelled extensively throughout the country and abroad since 2000, has a deep and endless affection for dogs, particularly those he had raised and lived with. And his love for man’s best friend is evident in his paintings.

Up until now, he has created more than 300 paintings and participated in many art events since 2007.

Not surprisingly, most of his artworks are portraits of dogs, showing the interaction between the animal and human. 

He paints dogs in different moods and in doing so, he conveys his own emotions.

The artist said due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition will publish eight performance art works online.

Other painters in the XOM Group have created art works through their views of life and humans.

Muoi draws like a rhetoric since he features monstrous and creepy creatures making viewers think of "contemporary dark forces".

Hoang creates works about singing and for him, painting makes him a philosopher as he shows off human nature in his own way.

Tam paints like practising. She believes in the spiritual world and she displays it with colours on a flat surface. She attracts viewers with her magical beliefs. 

Hendrik paints as a presentation. He presents his cultural background, expatriate thoughts about his homeland and origin as well as his vision of the strange place where he is living. The artist now is temporarily living and working in Vietnam.

All of the works will be displayed at the event from August 19-23 at 29 Hang Bai street.

Source: VNA


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