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Saigoneer’s February Art Picks

Saigoneer's arts & culture guru, Zelda, highlights some of the best art being displayed and exhibited around town this month.


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'519 West Oak' (2014) by Trong Gia Nguyen – oil pastel on canvas

@ Galerie Quynh until March 28

Multi-disciplinary artist, Trong Gia Nguyen’s, second solo exhibition in Saigon is part of his film project DONG, in which he investigates the memories and family histories of people in foreign lands.

 

‘Grandma’s Funeral’ (2014) by Trong Gia Nguyen – oil pastel on canvas

@ Galerie Quynh until March 28

 

‘The Leavers’ (2014) by Trong Gia Nguyen – collage of 14 works, oil pastel on canvas

@ Galerie Quynh until March 28

“Driving stuffed together in a little Renault Dauphine from his uncle’s house to the dock, the artist and his immediate family, plus three relatives, fled on the last boat to leave Saigon on April 30, 1975 [...],” said the exhibition's press release.

 

Mural by Leonid Keller (2014) – collage and photos repainted and drawn on wall

deciBel Lounge until 26th February

The first exhibition in Saigon by Berlin-based artists Julia Ossko and Eugen Schulz is informed by their four-month stay in Vietnam, during which they searched for antique books and old photographs about Vietnamese culture and life. The collages on display are both new stories spurred from the collected objects as well as interpretations of the artistic influences that the artists experienced in the German art scene.

 

‘Allegra’ by Leonid Keller (2014) – collage

deciBel Lounge until 26th February

 

Mural by Dan Nguyen and Viet Max (2015)

@ 3A Station

Dan Nguyen and Viet Max teamed up on this Tết themed collaborative work, which was done live during the  ‘Concrete Canvasses’ Street Art Festival.

 

Mural by Cong Thanh (2015)

@ 3A Station

Artist Long Thanh created this giant, mischievous octopus live during ‘Concrete Canvasses’

 

‘Old Map of Saigon’ (detail) by Lê Hưng Trọng - print

@ L’Usine until end of March

Part of a 20 hand-drawn series for the book ‘Sài Gòn Xưa’, this colourful and delicate map of old Saigon captures the joyfulness as well as the chaos of what was once the “Paris of the Orient.”

 

‘Tan Dinh Market’ by Lê Hưng Trọng - drawing

@ L’Usine until end of March

Alongside paying homage to old buildings and landmarks, Trong celebrates buildings that have been part of Saigoneses’ daily life, some for over a century.

 

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