The Hanoi Six
Guest Artist
The six Vietnamese painters whose work will be on view (Dang Thao Ngoc, Dinh Thi Tham Poong, Phung Pham, Trinh Tuan, Vu Dinh Tuan, and Vu Thu Hien) all live and work in Hanoi. Ranging in age from 77 to 29 years, they work in a variety of media including watercolor on handmade paper, oil on canvas, lacquer on wood, and woodblock prints. They share a commitment to expressing human emotions through the cultural prism of their art.
Read MoreRaquelle Azran
Guest Curator
A native New Yorker, Raquelle Azran divides her time between Hanoi,
Vietnam, where she specializes in Vietnamese contemporary fine art; and Tel Aviv, Israel, where she writes in her inner city aerie overlooking the Mediterranean. Azran's short story 'By the Roadblock of Bethlehem' was awarded honorable mention and published in the International Herald Tribune literary supplement of the Middle East edition (2002).
Hanoi 1000: Contemporary Art from Vietnam
September 9, 2011 to September 30, 2011
McFeeley Gallery
In October 2010, the city of Hanoi marked the thousandth anniversary of its founding. To recognize that millennial year, the Arts Club hosts an exhibition of contemporary art from the collection of curator Raquelle Azran. Vietnamese art is defined by its lush colors and directness, as well as by its poetic, dreamlike meditativeness. Stylistic elements of Impressionism, Expressionism, figurative art, Cubism, and Fauvism intermingle with traditional Vietnamese motifs and values. The juxtaposition of handmade rice paper and traditional lacquer painting with contemporary techniques such as oil and acrylic creates an exciting fusion of temporal and cultural worlds.