Galerie Quynh is pleased to present trăng non, the newest series of paintings by Trần Văn Thảo, one of Vietnam’s foremost abstract painters. The work demonstrates the contemplative and dynamic vernacular that defines his practice: a language spoken in color, gesture, and intuition.
Trăng non literally translates to « new moon. » However, it defies the usual connotations of darkness that a new moon usually suggests. By their nature, new moon nights are darker than others throughout the month. It is a time of introspection often akin to loneliness, when the sky withholds its light. Yet Thảo conveys something different. In trăng non, his works capture a state of potential, a breath held before the exhale. Not a void, but rather a beginning forming in the dark, gathering strength as it prepares to emerge.
Please join for the opening reception, as well as the launch of his much anticipated self-titled monograph, on Friday, November 14, from 6-8 PM.
more information here : https://www.galeriequynh.com/exhibitions/144-trang-non-tran-van-thao/
