Thavibu Gallery | Contemporary Art from Thailand, Vietnam and Burma |
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Vietnamese Artists |Truong Tan
Truong Tan was born in 1963 and
graduated from the University of Fine Arts, Hanoi in 1989.
As an artist, Truong Tan is known above all for
his erotic references to his sexuality, making use of his
autobiographical experiences, perceptions and feelings to
mark his artistic narrative. His departure from the
University where he served as a
lecturer until 1997, was largely due to his
challenging art that openly expressed his gayness and
questioned the contradictions of the then implemented
economic liberalization policy or Doi Moi. By
rejecting the more conservative assumption of art that were
being adopted by his peers, Truong Tan moved to Paris under
a grant from the Cité
Internationale des Artes. Despite his reputation as the
enfant terrible of the time, Truong Tan has today
emerged as one of Vietnam’s most internationally acclaimed
artists with his art as part of the permanent collections of
major art museums that include the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum,
Japan, the Queensland Art Gallery, Australia and the
Singapore Art Museum. He has been a participant of numerous
biennials in Asia and Europe. Truong Tan lives and works in
Paris as well as in Hanoi. Truong Tan's works have
been selected for an Asian exhibition at the
Guggenheim
Museum in New York in February, 2013.
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