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A Two-Person Show Spans the Poles of Imagination

by Jamie James October 26, 2019October 31, 2019

Tammy Nguyen’s inspired reinvention of the myth of Narcissus occupies a world apart from Ha Ninh Pham’s slightly demented vision of a parallel universe.

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An Artist Attempts to Draw the Entire History of Vietnam

by Ben Valentine July 27, 2016

HO CHI MINH CITY — At times the downtown here can appear as one great, big construction site — gleaming Chanel storefronts arise around the corner from propaganda posters.

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Photographing the Forgotten Vietnamese Widows of Japanese WWII Soldiers

by Ben Valentine July 19, 2016

When we talk about Japan and Vietnam in the 1940s, we discuss World War II, invasions, colonialism, and other monumental events that unfolded in this part of the world, but sent ripples across the globe.

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Holograms, Robots, and 3D-Printed Masks at a New Art Center in Vietnam

by Ben Valentine May 3, 2016May 4, 2016

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Highlighting six HCMC-based contemporary artists and featuring several large works all incorporating new media, this exhibit would feel at home in any global arts city, from NYC to Beijing.

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Government Pressure Forces Closure of Vietnamese Artist Residency

by Ben Valentine February 25, 2016

What started as a series of unexpected visits from Vietnam’s Cultural Police has left one of Southeast Asia’s most respected artist residency programs temporarily stalled.

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Family Portraits Left Incomplete

by Keith Plocek March 25, 2015March 25, 2015

HO CHI MINH CITY — Trong Gia Nguyen was only three years old when he was crammed into a Renault Dauphine with 13 other family members and driven to the Saigon docks on April 30, 1975.

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Nurturing New Art in Vietnam

by Ben Valentine January 2, 2015January 5, 2015

HO CHI MINH CITY — Galerie Quynh’s current exhibition, The Cosmos and the Sea, features new work by Los Angeles–based artist Christine Nguyen. Her large drawings and photographs provoke a vibrant imagined landscape of geometric forms and ephemeral figures.

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