Linh San, Embracement #1: This wrist, that wrist, 2022 (installation view, In Absence, Presence, 2024). Courtesy Nguyen Art Foundation, Ho Chi Minh City
“Born between the late 1970s and the early 2000s, these artists work in sculpture, painting and video. The works are split across Nguyen Art Foundation’s two exhibition spaces, which are housed at different locations of the EMASI international school. At the
Nam Long site, Nguyễn’s work can be found alongside ceramic sculptures by Linh San, who also grapples with personal loss through objects that resemble stacked, folded, rolled or crumpled a4 sheets of paper (nights, 2022). Scattered across the dimly lit room on low pedestals, these works require viewers to bend down to observe them more intimately. The fragility of the forms speak of the effort and tenderness it took to create them.”
Read the full article on ArtReview Asia, Spring 2025 Issue here.
Lêna Bùi, Cosmos no.2, 2021 (installation view, In Absence, Presence, 2024). Courtesy Nguyen Art Foundation, Ho Chi Minh City
