Friday, September 2, 2011

Vietnamese artist to complete in Asia-Pacific prize

Vietnamese artists to compete at Asia-Pacific prize

September 2, 2011 about Uncategorized

LookAtVietnam - The artworks of five Vietnamese artists have been nominated for the second triennial Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize 2011, in Singapore.

Bui Cong Khanh’s artwork.

The five artists include Ly Hoang Ly, Bui Cong Khanh, Nguyen Minh Phuong, Le Thua Tien and Pham Huy Thong. They submit five artworks, consisting installation artworks “Cloud” (Ly Hoang Ly) and “432,000 or 675,098 or 178,985 or 765,455.099 orâ€¦” (Le Thua Tien), “Brotherhood” (Pham Huy Thong), “The past moved” (Bui Cong Khanh) and photo “Passport of the planet” (Nguyen Minh Phuong).
These artworks are nominated by Dr. Boi Tran Huynh – Beattie, who has organized many exhibitions and projects related to the community of overseas Vietnamese.
Launched by the Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation, in collaboration with the Singapore Art Museum, the prize is open to all forms of art and artists in the Asia Pacific region. It seeks the most outstanding contemporary artworks produced in the Asia Pacific.
15 works going to the final round will be displayed at the Singapore Art Museum and the winner will receive US$37,000 in cash. The award ceremony is scheduled to be held on November 18.
First held in 2008, the prize this year gathers 130 works by 129 artists from 24 countries and territories in the Asia Pacific region.
The prize jury includes five experts, including Fumio Nanjo, director of Japan’s Mori Art Museum and Gregor Muir, Executive Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
This is the second time Vietnamese artists participating in the APBF Signature Art Prize. The first time was 2008.

Ly Hoang Ly’s artwork.

The work by Nguyen Minh Phuong.

Le Thua Tien’s work.

The painting by Pham Huy Thong.

V. Tien

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