"Secret World" | A Solo Exhibition by Bui Tien

TomuraLee Gallery proudly presents the solo exhibition "Secret World" by artist Bui Tien, a young female painter who has cultivated a unique artistic style deeply rooted in Vietnam's cultural identity while also bearing the distinct mark of her personal, liberated, and original perspective.

"Illusion becomes reality, the moon in the well, seeing shadows but not forms, the false becoming real, the real becoming false, the false and the real are hard to discern." (Excerpt from "The Moon in the Well."

This illusory and magical world is a "Secret World," a dreamlike state that disrupts the artist's tranquil life. Sometimes, one needs a vague, illusory beauty to realize that they are still alive, still yearning to escape the finite nature of human existence.

Seeking this very beauty, Bui Tien constructs her own private world, rediscovering her identity and individuality, as well as the meaning of her own existence. Bui Tien's "Secret World" is a manifestation of the subconscious, a powerful urge for a radiant spiritual world where one would "willingly stain their clothes with blood to preserve the brilliance that exists in faith." It is a fantastical world, but the desire to immerse oneself in it is very real.

And so... Bui Tien has painted her own "Secret World." Exhibition information:

• Time: From November 29, 2024 to December 29, 2024
• Location: TomuraLee Gallery, 24 Street No. 1, An Khanh Ward, Thu Duc
• Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 9:30 am - 6:30 pm Sunday, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
•  Free entrance