in Singapore April 2006
12 April 2006
Tran Luong (Vietnam)
Tran Luong (Vietnam)
FOI3: Future of Imagination 3
in Singapore April 2006
12 April 2006
Tran Luong (Vietnam)
Tran Luong (Vietnam)
Tran Luong
b.1960 Hanoi, Vietnam
Tran Luong graduated from the Hanoi Fine Arts Institute in 1983. Tran Luong's
formative years, during which the country was at war, were spent in the
countryside. Like many artists of his generation, he learned the values
of traditional Vietnamese life in the countryside.
Living there he also had a chance to explore nature with a keen sense of observation he watched and absorbed the patterns of nature.
Tran Luong is considered one of the forerunners of contemporary art in Vietnam and was one of the first to explore installation and pertormance art. Luong's most recent work is based on performance and multi-media installation art.
His works evolved into showing the pressing concerns of rapidly changing post-war society. The future generations face a loss of traditional cultural values and history while confronting the encroaching consumerist culture. He is also actively organizing alternative contemporary art events in Vietnam and initiated Lim Dim an international performance art event held in Hanoi in 2004.
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