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THE MADWOMAN, a poem by Hoang Hung
THE MADWOMAN Carrying a broken stick on her head she walks and sings Evening comes gradually at the end of the street She walks and...
cnualart
Jan 25, 20161 min read
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Saigon’s artworld – sketches in ‘Masque & Spectacle’
The July 2015 issue of literary and arts journal Masque and Spectacle is devoted to Vietnam, and features a few of my sketches done...
cnualart
Jun 6, 20151 min read
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25 Years of Freedom – A Vietnamese Gallery’s Vision
Art Radar on 1 August 2014. From the postwar to Vietnam’s economic boom, Tu Do Gallery has been running successfully for a quarter of a...
cnualart
Aug 11, 20141 min read
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The Hong Kong – Vietnam art connection
Half of the Vietnamese alive today weren’t born when all this started For most of the 20th century, no country outside of Vietnam (and a...
cnualart
Jul 12, 20145 min read
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Saigon’s Galerie Quynh: a decade of get up and go
A street sweeper pauses his broom in the middle of the night. From the shadows of the empty asphalt, he looks at two people sleeping in a...
cnualart
Jun 6, 20146 min read
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How is lacquer painting evolving in the 21st century?
Word Vietnam magazine, April 2014, p.166. “MEMORIES”, lacquer exhibition by 5 artists, Tu Do gallery, 53 Ho Tung Mau, D1, HCMC, Vietnam....
cnualart
Apr 5, 20141 min read
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We Are Asia – Art Stage Singapore 2014
This article was cross-posted on the Hanoi Grapevine. Art Stage attempted to bridge the gap between high-brow collectors and the general...
cnualart
Feb 5, 20144 min read
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Cambodia’s hand painted signs in a book
My friends from Very Ngon Homewares were on a recent business trip to Cambodia, and kindly brought me back a book I’d wanted for a while,...
cnualart
Jul 11, 20131 min read
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Art for wheelchairs
In December 2011, I helped organise an art auction at the Saigon Opera as part of the Arts For Mobility annual event. I was delighted...
cnualart
Jul 17, 20121 min read
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Six degrees of connection
A short-lived private exhibition in Saigon opened and closed in little more than 24 hours. A group of artists living in HCMC, including...
cnualart
Jul 7, 20121 min read
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KCBT and KCAT wall painters and plasterers
Recently a Hanoi art exhibition by Lolo Zazar showcased paintings that are directly inspired by these hybrids between graffiti and...
cnualart
May 11, 20121 min read
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The last hand-painted sign in Saigon
Sometime in my first year of living in Saigon I came across a key-cutter at work at his small metal cart on a pavement. He’d borrowed...
cnualart
Apr 18, 20123 min read
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Ironies of ‘the female condition’
Below are my digital drawings currently on show in Cúnhouse Lounge. I like seeing and capturing funny anecdotes. The poem and...
cnualart
Mar 8, 20121 min read
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3D sketchbook: an archive of the artist’s inspiration
Zerostation is a Saigon-based arts organisation that aims to connect Vietnamese and international art practitioners. It regularly holds...
cnualart
Feb 25, 20122 min read
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The art of freedom
Tu Do (pronounced tuyo), Vietnamese for freedom, is the name of the first art gallery in South Vietnam. It opened in the newly named Ho...
cnualart
Dec 10, 20112 min read
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The art of freedom
Tu Do (pronounced tuyo), Vietnamese for freedom, is the name of the first art gallery in South Vietnam. It opened in the newly named Ho...
cnualart
Dec 10, 20112 min read
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Arts For Mobility at Saigon Opera House
Yesterday an annual art exhibition and silent auction helped raise money to give disabled people in Vietnam a wheelchair. Arts For...
cnualart
Dec 4, 20112 min read
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DomestiCity: visual research on domestic activities in dense urban areas
This photo essay was featured on Urban Asia Week, on ThisBigCity, a sustainable urbanism project. I live in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest...
cnualart
Oct 31, 20113 min read
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The wax sculptures by La Huy
Wonderful surprise to visit HCMC’s Cactus gallery on the closing day of this exhibition, and to find that it is their best exhibition to...
cnualart
Oct 22, 20111 min read
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THE MADWOMAN, a poem by Hoang Hung
THE MADWOMAN Carrying a broken stick on her head she walks and sings Evening comes gradually at the end of the street She walks and...
cnualart
Jan 25, 20161 min read
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Saigon’s artworld – sketches in ‘Masque & Spectacle’
The July 2015 issue of literary and arts journal Masque and Spectacle is devoted to Vietnam, and features a few of my sketches done...
cnualart
Jun 6, 20151 min read
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