Le Brothers, Vietnam

OTHER SIDE PROJECT

Prsten Gallery

20.05. – 07.06. 2015.

Exhibition opening on 20th of May at 7pm

Thanh Le Ngoc and Hai Le Duc (Le Brothers)  – born in 1975, first noticed as the artists of Vietnamese lacquer painting of war topics. Their works speak of the issue of Southern and Northern Vietnam. The research of their own appearance (twins), creating a metaphor of mirror and comparison with the country that was disunited for a long time. After painting, the artists started creating performances and video works highlighting the metaphor of similarity. In their video they show the everyday life of Vietnamese citizens, forgotten landscapes and unknown facts.    

Questions that this exhibition raises and deals with are: how to occupy the mind, what to do with memory, memories, how to overcome and accept them?

Le Brothers will have an short artist talk, after the exhibition opening, starting at 7:30 pm

Curator: Marija Lopac

Le Brothers  – Thanh Le Ngoc and Hai Le Duc

Born in 1975 in Vietnam. They live and work in Hue in Vietnam. They graduated from the Hue College of Arts in Vietnam in 2000. They are owners and managers of New Space Arts residency program.

Selection of exhibitions – video installations – performances:

2015 Palais de Tokyo, Paris – Secret  Archipelago – “Game“ video. Malay Heritage 2014 Singapore ”Into the Sea”, ”Into the Sea” – Singapore Biennial, 2013 ”The Bridge II”, ” Before ’86”, DMZ Korea 2012. ”The Glimmer That We See”- freeS Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan. ”Freedom is the Motto”, Long Beach, USA.“ Red Project” installation in the Observatory Gallery, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam 2014, “ Into The Sea” FreeS Art Space , Taipei, Taiwan. The number 2012. New Space Art Foundation of Hue Gallery, Vietnam. ”Into the Sea”, Zero Station, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 2011.

The exhibition is financially supported by the City Office for culture, Education and Sports Zagreb

Prsten Gallery

Croatian Association of Fine Artists

Trg žrtava fašizma 16, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia 

 

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