Museum curators and artists should now better. The Tim Hawkins show, currently at the Whitney Museum of American Art, entertains?but that’s not enough. Yes,the exhibit is playful, even a behind the Disneyfied venier. It provides a clever lens through which we view ourselves and the world around us. It is a beautiful installation full of […]

Once in a while you return from an exhibition so full of excitement that your mind is in a whirlwind of ideas and associations. Sometimes only a whisper is left after a day or two. A good exhibition will last, images returning unbidden to the retina in odd moments, long after the viewing. Tim Hawkinson?s […]

Before opening the show at Ginza Graphi Gallery the winners of the 2004 Tokyo Type Director’s Club Prizes spent two days discussing their works, their making processes and their histories. Tokyo Type Directers Club Award 2004: Technology Dreams By Nana Kono Before opening the show at Ginza Graphi Gallery the winners of the 2004 Tokyo […]

Neighbors rise at four in the morning to cook chitterling gruel. At six they move with push-carts through districts, raising their voices to cry out breakfast jingles. With the sound of the vendors Saigon awakens. By dawn the temperatures quickly rise and several vehicles can be seen whirling by in the streets. Each day is […]

This is the story of how Contemporary Art started in Hanoi in two small privately owned galleries, driven by the force of only four people. Hanoi had been a small city, but 15 years ago, with the application of “doi moi” (the open door policy of the Communist party), Hanoi’s population doubled. Everything in this […]

Those familiar with contemporary Vietnamese art will likely remember at least one of several installations, video or environmental artworks by Hoang Duong Cam, a young Hanoi-born and educated artist based in Ho Chi Minh City since 2001. A Relevant Suggestion Phuong Lien Vu Courtesy of the artist, Hoang Duong Cam Those familiar with contemporary Vietnamese […]

"The Adoration of the Virgins", Ellen Depoorter’s installation of six large-scale paintings arranged side by side to form one large wall fresco (measuring 7 by 28 feet), comprises almost the full length of the long and narrow Transplant Gallery. Virgins Ab-whored By Jeroen De Schrijver "The Adoration of the Virgins", Ellen Depoorter’s installation of six […]

War is usually the first thing that we think of in America, when we hear the word Vietnam. This year, Vietnam will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the end of that war, and life there has changed quite a bit since 1975. The economy has developed in recent years, and this period of relative […]

Mark Jones is a frequent visitor to Vietnam. His pinhole camera is a constant companion whenever he travels. Very long exposure times are essential to produce an image on the film and therein lay the secret of his technique. Traditional lens-based photography is usually accomplished in fractions of a second, whereas pinhole photography often takes […]

"Subversion, which forged its first weapons from art, has now become the art of handling every sort of weapon." — From The Revolution of Everyday Life, Raoul Vaneigem, 1967.’ (Incomplete) History Matt Distel, Associate Curator newsense enterprises, in side out, 2005. Courtesy of the artists. Photo credit: Clare Norwood. "Subversion, which forged its first weapons […]