Opening: Fri 29 Aug 2014, 5.30 pm
Artist talk: Fri 29 Aug 2014, 4.30 pm
Exhibition: 29 Aug – 09 Sep 2014
New Space Arts Foundation, Hue
From the organizer:
You are invited to exhibition “Wrapping up Memories” by artist Ta Bach Duong.
Artist statement about Project Wrapping Memories
(Material: Polyester & mixed things);
Ideas:
Life isn’t fair to all of us: some are rich, others are poor; some are beautiful, but others are unfortunate… And it seems, wealth and fame are humankind’s life goals. People are rushing for them, but we all forget about the most important things: time – youth and life’s value.
It’s the abstract thing that we all possess. It’s fast, yet slow, once it passes by, there is nothing we can do to recapture it. It yanks away everything and leaves it with ashes and nothingness.
Such pity, my youth is going by faster and faster. My son is growing up every day, and so do I, I am getting older and older each day. Time passes by like a tornado. I’ve realized that I have been wasting my life’s time for the unworthiness.
Now, I want to start all over again, to enjoy each and every precious second. I am eager to capture every moment, to embrace all the little things in life, the emotions, feelings of joy, sadness, pain, hope and love… But I can see that it is impossible as time has its own way, and nothing can hold it back. My works – have been and will always be reminding me of those things – all the feelings that I’ve had. It’s the key to the Memory Box, touching it would bring back all the memories, no matter how much time has passed by.
Polyester is the main material of my work, together with some other materials. When it freezes, it looks like a thick block of water. It can cover, contain, secure everything I put in when it solidifies. I am using it to “capture”, to “wrap up” my feelings – my beautiful joy and sadness – which come and go.
Description of my work “Each day”.
Each day, I will capture the beauty of the place where I’m staying by using familiar materials that I collect here. Hence, I will pour polyester over and solidify them, creating small 3D spaces.
At the same time, I will also capture my feelings by combining the colors from habitual things like milk or fruit juice boxes (I drink them everyday here). They are very convenient and portable; many people have them on a daily basis as a habit. Such combinations express my daily feelings and thoughts. They’re the energy that encourages me to move on. I will “capture” it.
New Space Arts Foundation
2nd Floor, Number 15 Le Loi, Hue City
Source: Hanoi Grpevine
