Gate Gate Gallery is pleased to present "Intermission", Hai Hoang (Hoàng Long Hải)’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Featuring a new body of paintings, the exhibition begins with material experimentation: oil paint thinned with turpentine and oil-based medium to form translucent layers that bleed, pool, and settle in unpredictable ways across the canvas. Working with dilution and accumulation rather than density, Hai allows material behaviour to guide his imagery. Depth emerges through layering when each pass of paint leaves behind visual and emotional residue.

"Intermission" is a period of pause between acts in a play, a temporary silence before the story goes on. The title reflects a state of remaining rather than resolving, of staying with uncertainty, melancholy, and quiet attention without seeking immediate clarity. Hai’s figurines, landscapes, and observers coexist in "Intermission". What emerges is a gentle insistence on presence: an invitation to pause, to attend, and to consider what we are willing to hold. In Kafka’s world, silence is a weapon, but in Hai’s painting, silence is a home, a dwelling.

Words by Nguyễn Vũ Thiên An (Thea).

INTERMISSION | GATE GATE GALLERY
Open to the public: March 12, 2026 - May 05, 2026
10:00AM - 12:00PM & 1:30PM - 6:00PM / Tuesday to Sunday
Gate Gate Gallery | 230/18 Pasteur, Xuân Hoà Ward, HCMC
Free admission