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In the final days of the year, as Ho Chi Minh City gradually returns to its pre-pandemic hustle and bustle, Articific launches the art exhibition "Being Still" as a "small stop" for souls still reeling from the changes in urban life, creating a moment of quiet reflection to ease burdens before resuming the daily grind.
The exhibition space is "Silent".
The art exhibition "Being Still" showcases the latest works by artist Nguyen Ngoc Liem – a young artist practicing his art freely in Bien Hoa and Saigon. His works tend to purify scenes and memories of forests, corners of the sky, still lifes, and recount them through a simple visual experience, all of which can be fully encountered upon entering the exhibition space.
Artist Nguyen Ngoc Liem (left) stands next to art researcher Ly Doi at the exhibition "Being Silent".
"Liem's paintings are simple yet fresh in their use of color, innocent in their composition, but within that simplicity and innocence, viewers can enter a state of tranquility, a depth that many in this bustling society consider a luxury," blogger Trang Ps shared after visiting the exhibition. "I think everyone will seek out that value, no matter how they feel right now, satisfied or dissatisfied, happy or sad..."
The artwork "Early Winter Green"
The artwork "Early Morning River with Gray Color"
The year 2021 was perhaps a long and arduous one, filled with turmoil and confusion, with constant difficulties and challenges forcing people to learn to accept and overcome them. Life goes on, time continues to pass, but instead of letting fear become an obsessive burden, many artists have embarked on new journeys to find peace of mind – a place called "painting".
For Nguyen Ngoc Liem, in "It Is Stillness," he wishes to share his small, simple joys through his spontaneous paintings of "stillness" in the landscape. This is the result of a trip to "change the scenery," but it is filled with inspiration he gathered from the transformation of space, time, geography, and culture, from South to North, from plains to highlands, from cities to remote villages.
The artwork "Realm of Pink Mist"
According to Articific: "Liem recounted that he listened to the 'silence of the night - the silence of people' through Trinh Cong Son's lyrics, and found melancholy in the quiet, simple beauty of plants, mist, mountains, and hills. He carefully painted this melancholy, colored the peace, and presented the beauty of stillness in real life, as he received the 'signals' of nature."
"And this 'signal,' perhaps each viewer will suddenly find for themselves, somewhere in the ephemeral clouds of 'Morning,' in the bright hope of 'Pink Mist Realm,' through the vitality of leaves in 'Green Winter Morning,' or intoxicated in the tranquil silence of 'Morning River with Gray Color'...".
The artwork "Mist in the Mountains"
The artwork "Corner of Tam Dao Pass"
The exhibition "Be Silent" will be open until January 25, 2022. To ensure health and safety during the pandemic, visitors are required to register in advance.shorturl.at/afmGSThey must also present their green card or certificate of recovery for F0 cases, and complete a health declaration and adhere to the 5K guidelines when attending the exhibition.
Immediately after the physical exhibition concluded, Artcific continued to welcome art lovers to enjoy "Be Silent" through a virtual exhibition, displayed online on its platform.Artcific.comfrom January 27, 2022 to February 27, 2022.
Exhibition "Be Silent" - Artist Nguyen Ngoc Liem
Opening hours: 10:00 to 19:00 (from January 16, 2022 to January 25, 2022)
Ticket price: 20,000 VND
Address: Artcific House - 2nd Floor, 162 bis Bui Thi Xuan Street, Pham Ngu Lao Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
