Opening: Thu 16 Jan, 6 – 8 pm
Exhibition: 16 Jan – 08 Mar 2014
Galerie Quynh
From the organizer:
Come to ‘The Orient, The Occident’, an exhibition of ambitious new paintings by Lien Truong. Informed by her research on Orientalist paintings, Imperialist landscapes of the 18th century, and the writings of literary and cultural critic Edward Said, Truong’s new work examines the confusing nature of judgment and the complexity of cross-cultural belief systems.
Rich with symbolism, the allegorical paintings fuse Eastern landscape space with Western oil painting technique to depict fantastical, watery landscapes. Truong integrates human figures, animals, mythical beasts, and hybrids of her own creation into the paintings to interrogate our collective history and invent new narratives.
Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Lien Truong received her MFA in painting at Mills College, Oakland, California. She has exhibited extensively in notable venues including the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, Virginia; Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California; the Oakland Museum, Oakland, California; and the Centres of Contemporary art in Moscow and Yekaterinburg. Reviews and publications of her work have appeared in New American Paintings, ART iT, Tokyo, NY Arts Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle. Lien Truong’s work is held in many private collections including the Linda Lee Alter Collection, which features prominent artists Faith Ringgold, Viola Frey, Alice Neel, Hung Liu and Laylah Ali among others. Truong lives and works in northern California.
Galerie Quynh
Main Gallery: 65 Đề Thám, District 1, HCMC
Tel: +84 (8) 3836 8019
Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10 AM – 6 PM; closed Sundays and Mondays
Downtown Gallery: Level 2, 151/3 Dong Khoi Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: +84 3824 8284
Gallery hours: 10 AM – 7 PM, Tuesday – Sunday and by appointment
