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Trinh Tuan was born in the year of the buffalo, 1961 in Hanoi.
He graduated from the Hanoi Industrial Fine Arts College in
1985, received a M.A. at Hanoi Fine Arts Institute in 2000 and
is currently a Professor at Hanoi Industrial Fine Arts College.
He is also a member of Vietnam Fine Arts Association. However,
his works became known to Hanoi`s artistic life even before
Doi Moi, which marked Vietnam`s open door policy.
Tuan uses the ancient and time-consuming technique
lacquer painting as a medium to express inner feelings and
emotions. Turning his eyes towards the hidden corner of every
human`s destiny, Tuan drowns his evening cares in the last drop
of wine at the bottom of his cup and grieves at the quick withering
of lotus flowers when summer is still verdant with vegetation.
The same holds true with the affairs of men and women. They
love each other yet sulk easily, while grass and plants innocently
touch in dark, pale blue spaces that favour the feverish physical
contact of love.
Tuan has exhibited several times abroad, including Japan (1996,
2000, 2002), China (1996), Germany (1997), Singapore (1997,
2000, 2001), Denmark (1998, 1999, 2000), France (1998), Argentina
(1999), Laos (1999), Australia (1999), USA (1999), Thailand
(1999, 2000, 2001, 2003), Israel (2000), Netherlands (2000,
2001), Taiwan (2000), and Hong Kong (2002). His paintings are
found, among others, in the collections of HRH the Crown Prince
of Norway and at the National Art Gallery of Malaysia. In February
2004, Trinh Tuan took part in the international show Identities
vs Globalization? at the Chiang Mai Art Museum, and the exhibition
travels to the National Gallery of Thailand (May) and Dahlem
Museum in Berlin (October). Photographs do not express fully
the depth of Trinh Tuan paintings as real lacquer paintings
have a variety of colours and a luster which cannot be reflected
fully.
With 12 paintings, Trinh Tuan is one of three artist featuring
more prominently during the opening month of La Luna Gallery.
(Partly based on art historian Luang Xuan Doans writing about
Trinh Tuan in his book about the painter, available at La Luna
Gallery and Thavibu Gallery)
Prices are subject to confirmation by La Luna Gallery
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