Opening: Fri 18 Apr 2014, 5 pm
Exhibition: 18 Apr – 02 May 2014
Casa Italia
From Uni-Italia Vietnam and The Embassy of Italy in Vietnam:
The Embassy of Italy in Vietnam, in the framework of “Y-Viet 2014″ is glad to announce that on Friday, the 18th April at 5pm, at Casa Italia (18, Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi) will take place the official opening of the art exhibition “Transcendence” by the Italian sculptor Giuseppe Strano Spitù and two Vietnamese artists, Bang Sy Truc and Vu Pham Truong Minh. The exhibition will last until 2nd May, 2014.
Giuseppe Strano Spitù will start to realize his sculptures at the Hanoi University of Culture from April 14th and will hold talks with the artists and the students in the afternoon of April 17th. Special attention will be also paid to the opportunities to study in Italy thanks to the participation of Italian Lector Prof. Giuseppe Tidona, Prof. Marcello Silvestrini from Universita’ per Stranieri of Perugia and Uni-Italia Vietnam.
The common features of the three artists’ techniques, beyond the differences in the educational and cultural backgrounds and creative styles, lay in the search of a path toward a free artistic expression, a transcendence beyond “the chaos of psychological conflicts in modern life”.
Giuseppe Strano Spitù – who already exhibited in Italy and abroad – shares his thoughts: “My idea is that spirituality and energy should be looked for and must flow into tangible reality, not in asceticism. Spirituality and materiality are intrinsically linked. Special lighting effects on the works displayed will give the feeling of ethereal and material appearance at the same time”.
Meanwhile, for Bang Sy Truc, the art comes from the soul, with an intimate relationship with our everyday life. Each image is imbued with sublimate thoughts leading to a deep aesthetic sensitiveness. Each artwork is a journey from life to art and back to life with new values and personal achievements.
Vu Pham Truong Minh, the youngest artist, chooses pop-art style to express simultaneously all the images from his journey, going beyond the ordinary chronological order and drawing from his readings, his visual experiences, and from the notion of religion and power. He pursued “Head series” from 2012, on the occasion of an exhibition in Thailand, with the objective to engage with others in the most direct and fastest way. “It’s my own world or your world, I do not know!” – a freehearted statement but also a question marks suspended somewhere inside each of us.
Casa Italia
18 Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi
Opening hours: 9 am – 9 pm all days
Phone (via Uni – Italia): 043 824 0579
