Two Pillars

ArtistNguyen Minh Thanh
Year1997
Mediumwatercolor on rice paper
Dimentions300×60×-
CountryVietnam
Year of acquisition1998
Collection no.931
ExplanationNguyen Minh Thanh graduated from Hanoi Art University. His modes of expression range from painting, installation and performance. He is one of the representative contemporary artists of Vietnam. In many of his paintings and installations he paints himself and his mother in a distinctive style. The boy in this work is the artist himself. The pillar-like elongated bodies indicate the transformation forced on individuals living in a radically changing society.

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