Poetic Amnesia - Solo Exhibition - Phan Thao Nguyen (Vietnam)

"Poetic Amnesia" is a solo exhibition by Vietnamese artist Phan Thao Nguyen, taking place in Hanoi from 14 – 24 Dec 2017.

“Poetic Amnesia” is an experimentation in creating a half-real and half-fictitious visual experience, in which the viewer embodies the role of the Vietnamese mythical figure Từ Thức. It is also a venture into a figment of Vietnamese history, one that deals with the history of our chu quoc ngu (Vietnam’s romanized script), and both the fantasies and the hard facts entailed.

Phan Thảo Nguyên (b. 1987. Ho Chi Minh City) has pushed the boundaries of contemporary art in Vietnam. Through literature, philosophy and daily life, she observes ambiguous issues in social convention, history and tradition. An honours graduate from Singapore’s Lasalle College of the Arts in 2009, four years later Phan Thảo Nguyên received an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). She has exhibited widely in Southeast Asia and is a 2016-2017 Rolex Protégée, mentored by internationally acclaimed, New York-based, performance and video artist, Joan Jonas. Co-founder of the artist collective Art Labor, she lives and works in HCM City.