Wiking Salon and the Lan Tinh Foundation are pleased to invite the audience to “Ephemeral Dimensions” - a duo exhibition by artists Nguyen Viet Anh and Mifa.

The duo exhibition “Ephemeral Dimensions” by artists Nguyen Viet Anh and Mifa, featuring over 25 paintings in oil on canvas and acrylic on traditional Vietnamese Điệp paper, opens a dialogue on a speculative dimension where objects seemingly devoid of consciousness—like bones, rocks, fossils, or concrete blocks—exist independently of human conventions, silently recording the shifts of geological strata and history.

Rocks, skeletons, fossils, or concrete blocks – these seemingly lifeless entities – were formed after millions of years of being under pressure and moulding of nature, or simply made by humans These masses silently record every change in the universe since the dawn of time. Through the impacts and upheavals of natural elements, these rocks gradually emerge on the surface, as if the silent witnesses of time. If the human race measures life through emotions, memories, and fleeting events; these entities exist with a different rhythm, quiet and resilient. Within them are not only the solidity of matter but also an encyclopaedia of natural history, documenting every single change in strata, climate, and life. In their silence, these artefacts have been through cycles of birth – existence – transformation – death, continuously evolving, opening up a new perspective about life, one which surpasses human knowledge and understanding – a resilient, patient, yet ever-transforming facing the flow of time.

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