Art tunnel gallery Newsletter July

SYMBOLISM

ABSTRACT ARTRANGING FROM REALISMS TO PULSE OF ABSTRACTIONA COLLECTION OF VIETNAMESE CONTEMPORARY

SEMI-ABSTRACT ARTREALISMS ABSTRACT ART

General Director Mr.Nguyễn Sơn Trường graduated from Hanoi Architectural University in 1989, Foreign Language College - Russian Language in 1990 and English language 1993. He has also had a degree in foreign trade since 1995. Truong has worked in a variety of roles including news reporter for Vietnam Television, manager at construction site, assistant manager for Australian and South Korean construction companies. In 1998 he set up his own company: a gallery exporting Vietnamese art works

to overseas markets. From 2012 he spent two years on studying London’s art market by himself and participated into a course on running an art gallery organized by Sotheby’s Institute of Art. As a result, he has opened a gallery at 6 Hang Trong, Ha Noi on his return to Vietnam in June, 2014. The gallery represents his passion for Vietnamese artworks and artists and promises to introduce the art sense in London to the Vietnamese.

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Mr. Christofer Fredriksson has been working as visual artist since 1989. Between 2000-2010 as teacher and project manager in a SIDA exchange program between Vietnam University of Fine Arts in Hanoi and Academy of Fine Arts,Umeå University, Sweden. Since 2010 he’s been working as Research and Development Coordinator, Manager of Communication and International Relation Coordinator at Stockholm University of the Arts. In 2012 he was the Director of MARKET ART FAIR in Stockholm - the Nordic region’s leading fair for contemporary art - and he also work as Concept Director at Frost Digital, Stockholm. With his experience and his passion for Vietnam, Mr.Christofer has been very willing to accept the invitation to Vietnam to help setup and advice for the Summer collection of Art Tunnel Gallery.

HANOI 2014: A COLLECTION OF VIETNAMESE CONTEMPORARY

RANGING FROM REALISMS TO PULSE OF ABSTRACTION

GREETING ARTISTS AND OVERVIEW OF THE LONDON’S ART MAKET IN ART TUNNEL GALLERY – NO. 6 HANG TRONG ST., HANOI, VIETNAM

WELCOME TO MR. CHRISTOFER FREDRIKSSON AND HIS CURATING WORKS AT ART TUNNEL

VISITING ARTIST STUDIO DOAN HOANG LAM (MALE)& NGUYEN PHUONG BINH (FEMALE):

What’s On at Art Tunell Gallery June - July 2014?

On Friday 4th July, Art Tunnel Gallery held a conversation about Art Market and Role of Art Dealer presented by Vietnamese and Swedish experts. At the conversation, three topic of “Art market’s system”, “Art dealer’s portrait” and “Art market in Ha Noi and Print-making” were discussed by Mr. Nguyễn Sơn Trường, Mr.Christofer Fredriksson and

Ms.Đặng Minh Thư respectively.After the presentation, there

were a lot of questions from the audiences. Most people expressed their concern about the future of Vietnamese Art Market. The most noticeable question is how to establish an official Art market in Vietnam. Mr.Nguyễn Sơn Trường, General Director of Art tunnel, introduced some steps that

people can take together to form an Vietnamese Art Market and also welcomed many opinions from the audiences. The conversation successfully finished after two hours of exciting discussion, which brings many hope for the development of an Art Market in Vietnam as well as the close relationship between Art Tunnel and its customers and partners.

NEWSLETTER

HANOI 2014: A COLLECTION OF VIETNAMESE CONTEMPORARY

RANGING FROM REALISMS TO PULSE OF ABSTRACTION

Organize TALK “ART MARKET AND ROLE OF ART DEALER”Number of artists: 12 Number of painting: 36 Dates: July 2 – Septemper No 6 Hang Trong Str.

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Vietnamese art reflects a mixture of influences: Vietnamese traditional art, influences from China and influence from the French during the colonial period. Just over a decade ago Vietnam opened up to the world. The international art market started to see the talents of Vietnamese artists and the variety of styles in Vietnamese paintings. Demand for Vietnamese art is increasing rapidly, especially in France and other countries in Europe.

Lacquered items have been found in ancient tombs in Vietnam dating as far back as the third and fourth centuries B.C. Over the centuries, Vietnamese master craftsmen and artists have mastered techniques using lacquer for purpose of decoration and preservation.

Lacquer paintings now can compete successfully with silk and oil paintings and have the unique character of this style of painting.

Artistic Characteristics:Lacquer traditionally comes in three colors - brown,

black and vermilion. By the 1930s, artists started to use a new technique known as chiseling which gives a richer mix of colors and an added sense of size and distance..

The painting is done on wood. It is covered with a piece of cloth glued to it using the sap of the lacquer tree and then coated with a layer of the sap mixed with earth. The board is then sand papered and recoated with a layer of hot sap. After polishing, this gives a smooth black surface with a brilliant luster.

The painter uses hot lacquer to draw the outline of a picture and the colors are applied one by one, layer upon layer. Each coat dries slowly.

The finishing touches consist of polishing and washing the pictures. This process may seem like brutal treatment for a work of art, but it is done with great care. This process leaves a brilliant surface on a painting.

Through years of experience and experimentation, the artists use the addition of other substances such as plant material ash, crushed eggshells, gold and silver to embelish their works. These additional substances help the modern artists to express themselves fully and to further add creativity and individuality of style to their art works

• Vietnamese Lacquer Painting


Dó paper is famous for being used in Vietnamese traditional paintings including Hang Trong painting. This kind of paper made from the bark of the Rhamnoneuron balansae is very soft but durable. The paintings on Dó paper therefore convey somewhat of the characteristic of the Vietnamese who are soft on the outside but very strong in difficulty.

In Vietnam, painting on silk is popular. Vietnamese artists found these technique to be a unique way to create mystique and a charming sense of mystique in their paintings. By using contemporary colors, Vietnamese silk painting has won the hearts of many art lovers.

After a long period of development of techniques and styles, silk painting reached its highest period of success during the years 1925-1945 . The Vietnamese style of silk painting emphasized softness, elegance and a flexibility of style. These qualities of silk painting were different compared to, at the time, to the dominant French and European oil painting. In 1946, Vietnamese silk painting was accepted and introduced to the world when Vietnamese silk paintings won two prizes at the official Salon organized in France. Silk painting is now popular in Vietnam and has its own unique character and transparency of colors that are different from those of ancient China and Japan.

• Vietnamese Silk Painting

• Vietnamese Do Paper Painting


• PHOTOREALISM - SUPER REALISM – HYPER REALISMWhere the work resembles a photograph.


• PRIMITIVE OR NAÏVEWhere the work looks like the artist is trying to be realistic but it has a child-like or untutored quality.

• POP ARTThese works use motifs found in popular and commercial culture, often presenting them in a way that challenges our perception and acceptance of these everyday goods and services, as well as everyday lives.


• LAND SEA CITY AND CLOUDSCAPESDepictions of yes, you guessed it, land, sea, cities or clouds.


• IMPRESSIONISMReality as seen through a positive emotional lens, where the artist seeks to convey an immediate impression of something of the scene before him.

• Still LifeDepictions of inanimate objects.


You can safely use this term for anything in between realism and abstraction including calligraphy where it can be argued that written language is a nonrepresentational means of communication as is any art based on it.

• SEMI-ABSTRACT ART

• SURREALISMThese works often look like snap-shots from a dream using symbolism and distorted reality.

• INDIGENOUS ARTMost indigenous art relies on a well developed system of symbols and techniques imbued with their own meaning. Even representations of everyday objects tend to have a culturally stylistic overlay, removing them from realism, and establishing them firmly as semi-abstraction.


• SYMBOLISMThese works use cultural meanings and messages associated with various symbols to convey a deeper meaning, and as such, go beyond straight representation, and may often look a little surreal.

• STREET ARTSimilar to indigenous art, street art also has a well developed system of symbols and culturally significant techniques. The use of cartoons, stylized figures, and designs based on letter forms are all clear, but recognizable, abstractions.


• ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

These are works which may have no relationship to reality at all, or present a visually codified version of individual reality that’s not dependent on recognizable objects.

• ABSTRACT ART

These works use color and shape to describe a personal emotional state rather than relying on the messages already inherent in recognizable objects.


• ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

• COLOURFIELDThese works are pure abstraction relying on colour and texture for their impact.

• GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTIONThese works feature patterns and shapes often of a regular geometric nature.

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