{"id":2794,"date":"2016-03-20T21:32:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T21:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/?p=2794"},"modified":"2016-04-04T10:34:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T10:34:52","slug":"exhibition-nguyen-thi-thanh-mai-the-other-side-project-ii-scars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/2016\/03\/exhibition-nguyen-thi-thanh-mai-the-other-side-project-ii-scars\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition: Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai – THE OTHER SIDE PROJECT II – Scars"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE OTHER SIDE PROJECT II – Scars<\/strong>
\nNguyen Thi Thanh Mai<\/strong>
\nCurator:<\/strong>
\nMarija Lopac<\/strong>
\nPM Gallery<\/strong>
\nMarch 24 \u2013 April 10, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"mai<\/a><\/p>\n

Exhibition opening: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 6pm<\/p>\n

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Other Side Project is the title of the project that connects Croatian and Vietnamese contemporary\u00a0art. The project started in 2015 with a guest visit from Le Brothers, a Vietnamese art collective. This\u00a0year a Vietnamese artist, Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, will present herself with the exhibition Scars. The\u00a0exhibition talks about the position of children and women in Vietnam, about human rights violation,\u00a0emotional, psychological, physical and sexual abuse. In general, about the position of a young, self-conscious woman, the artist. This exhibition refers to various issues of women, body, children and\u00a0identity. Portraying a society in which women and children are still hurt and affected. Showing scars\u00a0on the skin, but also the emotional ones. Although invisible, these scars often run much deeper. In\u00a0an honest way, Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai\u00a0talks about these issues and shows the intimacy of her own\u00a0emotional scars.<\/p>\n

”In my city Hue, in Vietnam, the majority of people still leads a traditional life. Women have to fit\u00a0into the traditional housewife stereotype and be obedient, quiet, gentle and loyal. Sexuality is a\u00a0taboo in this society. In school and at home, sexual education is very limited, which means that girls\u00a0learn about their body on their own. Due to social pressure, many women have an irrational fear and\u00a0discomfort about their body. Many women of my generation share the same feelings. This is another\u00a0challenge for us; to openly talk about our fears and desires. In my works, I explored and confronted\u00a0the struggle and oppression of the feelings I experienced.\u201c<\/p>\n

Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai<\/p>\n

Works presented at the exhibition:<\/p>\n

Invade 2013. A handmade drawing, created on the basis of the\u00a0collection of specific scientific and medical documentation. By transforming them into two different\u00a0forms and connecting different components of sexuality and body. Through the exploration of the\u00a0process and documentation, Mai got a better knowledge of female sexual anatomy and how it changes throughout life. She carefully combined and used red ink as a symbol of suffering, fear and\u00a0pain. The objective is to give a new perspective of how men see the female body.<\/p>\n

Somewhere 2013 and 2016. Works created in different countries. Exploration of abused, exploited\u00a0women and children. This work is based on identity, violence and link between the media and\u00a0privacy. The identity of participants is hidden. Diseintagled shows a relationship between identity, memory and body. How our memory affects us as individuals, our body and personality.\u00a0In her works, Mai explores the struggle and obsession of being misunderstood, which she herself\u00a0experienced.<\/p>\n

Marija Lopac<\/p>\n

Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai\u00a0 was born in 1983 in Born in Hanoi, Vietnam. In 2006 she Graduated from the Hue College of Arts, Vietnam and in2012 she finished MA in Visual Arts, Mahasarakham University, Thailand. Lives and works in Hue, Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Solo Exhibitions<\/p>\n

2015 Day by Day, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Sao La Art space, Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts
\n2012 The Scar, Craig Thomas Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Selected Art Residencies:
\n2015 -16 Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (12 months)
\n2014 Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2 months)
\nMuseum, Vietnam<\/p>\n

Workshop: Sammaki art space in Battambang, Cambodia<\/p>\n

Email: nguyenthithanhmaivn@gmail.com
\nWebsite: http:\/\/nguyenthithanhmai.tumblr.com\/
\nCurator : Marija Lopac, www.marijalopac.com, marijalopac@hotmail.com<\/p>\n

The exhibition is financially supported by the City Office for Culture, Education and Sports Zagreb and by The Ministry of Culture of the Republic Croatia.<\/p>\n

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WORKING HOURS<\/strong>
\nWednesday to Friday 11am \u2013 7pm<\/strong>
\nSaturday and Sunday 10am \u2013 6pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mondays and holidays \u2013 closed<\/strong>
\nDom hrvatskih likovnih umjetnika<\/strong>
\nTrg \u017ertava fa\u0161izma 16<\/strong>
\n10000 Zagreb<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE OTHER SIDE PROJECT II – Scars
Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai
Curator:
Marija Lopac
PM Gallery
March 24 \u2013 April 10, 2016<\/p>\n

\"mai<\/p>\n

Exhibition opening: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 6pm<\/p>\n

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