“Living Space”, a painting exhibition by Vietnamese artist Le Thanh Thu, features 35 paintings of oil and acrylic which depict the daily living space witnessed by the artist.
This space includes people, hotels, restaurants, churches and objects illustrated by signals, simple lines in red, black or white and yellow colors.
Viewers may recognize their own living space through the images of people in sitting, walking and carrying postures, and through familiar objects like tables, chairs, lights, rivers, landscapes studded with words such as “xe om” (motorcycle taxi), “café”, “pho” (noodle soup served with beef or chicken) and “khoan cat be tong” (concrete dismantling service).
“This is really the living space of Saigon which is characterized by hustle, bustle and cramp. However, the artist managed to make it look more spacious and orderly. I think it will look better if it has the image of the everyday traffic jam in Saigon,” says visitor Huyen Tran.
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