A unique showcase of contemporary Vietnamese art

November 15, 2016 | 13:23

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Parallel Contemporary Art in collaboration with AIA Vietnam Life Insurance and Saatchi Gallery, has launched Vietnam Eye: Contemporary Vietnamese Art, a publication featuring 56 Vietnamese emerging contemporary artists in Hanoi.

Of those artists, 19 will take part in the exhibition that was also kicked off yesterday Hanoi. The launch of the book and the exhibition is under AIA Vietnam Eye project that was started in Vietnam in June this year.

“We believe that art has an important impact to education, the economy, and the health and wellbeing of our society,” Wayne Besant, CEO of AIA Vietnam said. “It enables us to become more imaginative, innovative, and better connected. Through this initiative, AIA hopes to develop a thriving arts ecology that offers Vietnamese the chance to enjoy, participate and create, for more fulfilled lives.”

AIA Vietnam Eye is a celebration of Vietnam’s vibrant contemporary art scene and is the eighth project in the Global Eye Programme, which was established in 2009 by David and Serenella Ciclitira in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery in order to nurture artistic talent across Asia’s emerging art scenes. The initiative is sponsored by AIA and supported by the Italian Ambassador to Vietnam, and the British Ambassador to Vietnam.

Together the book and the exhibition will offer an overview of one of the newest and most exciting scenes in the global art world. Vietnam has developed rapidly in the last ten years with a new generation of contemporary artists who balance cultural and social issues with a contemporary outlook. This is a generation of artists who are aware of both the history of Vietnamese art as well international art world.

“There’s no doubt that interest in Vietnam’s art scene is growing. This exhibition and the publication will offer the art world a chance to really get to know what’s going on in one of the most exciting art scenes that is emerging right now,” Serenella Ciclitira, the book’s editor said.

Alongside the main exhibition there will be a series of satellite exhibitions, which will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The satellite exhibitions will combine artist presentations and educational workshops for children and families.