Nguyen Man Hung (b.in Hanoi 1976) Vietnamese Artist - Rice No Bomb!

Nguyen Manh Hung

Nguyen Man Hung (b. 1976) was born in Hanoi and is currently based in Ho Chi Minh City. In recent years, Nguyen has attracted international attention and has participated in various important institutional exhibitions, such as the 2012 Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane and has been in residence in 2014 at the Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne (MAC/VAL) where he has exhibited alongside the other invited resident artist Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba.

Working with a range of media, including installation, painting and sculpture, Hung addresses issues that concern life in contemporary Vietnamese society as well as aspects of the national and cultural history of Vietnam. Charged with social criticism subtly conveyed through visual symbolism, his approach is strongly influenced by surrealist practice. The son of a fighter jet pilot, he has often depicted fighter jets in his work, giving them a humanised appearance such as in his sculptural installation Go to Market (2013), part of his 2013 solo exhibition One Planet at Galerie Quynh. The work shows a jet plane with grocery bags on its wings and the title is suggestive of a daily human action, softening the presence of war and violence (the jet) with a hopeful and joyful action (going to the market). Nguyen conveys commentaries on the harsh realities of a strict regime with a playfulness and humour that sets him apart from previous generations of artists.

Drop the Rice, 2007

Acrylic on canvas

39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in

100 × 100 cm


Nguyen Manh Hung (born 1976) is a Vietnamese multidisciplinary artist based in Ho Chi Minh City.
Hung makes art that reflects the comical situations arising from the rapid yet piecemeal processes of domestic urbanization and modernization. Nguyen Manh Hung's artworks present immersive environments with droll juxtapositions that cleverly allude to national and cultural realities in Vietnam, as well as personal and contemporary life experiences, focusing on the visual relationships of disjointed elements and unusual scales. Hung reflects on the idea of community, the conflicts that exist within and without constructed societies, and the complexities of civic development and individual responsibility. Depicting military airplane laden down with oversize grocery items, or else soaring across the sky with bushels from the rice harvest, Hung's surreal scenes humorously morph a symbol of destruction with conduits of hope, benevolence and joy.

Life

Born in 1976, a year after the American–Vietnam War, Nguyen grew up observing its effects on daily life and reflecting on them through paintings. Nguyen Manh Hung graduated from the University of Fine Arts in Hanoi in 2002. Hung is also known as the art director of Nha San Studio (from 2008 to 2011), the first non profit artist led art space for contemporary art in Hanoi since 1998. He supports young artists to analyzie and realize their work at Nha San.

Work

2D works

The working Nguyen Manh Hung focuses mainly on the idea of representation. He creates paintings and sculptures juxtaposed with a great sense of humor different elements of the history of Vietnam. He questions the notion of kitsch, comparing scholarly and popular cultures. Partly influenced by early and contemporary Surrealism, Hung confronts these issues with his trademark irony and humor highlighting the oftentimes absurdity of human behavior and endeavor.

3D works

Keeping the militaristic themes that are prominent in his earlier paintings, Nguyen exercised greater freedom in transforming previous concepts into resonant, 3D installations that are redolent of Vietnamese life. Making witty references to his Hanoi upbringing, Nguyen's interpretations were unabashed and direct, transporting audiences to a world in which everything is made bare through his biting humor.

Sound

Beside being a visual artist, Nguyen Manh Hung also a musician. He has participated in Hanoi New Music Festival (2013, Hanoi New Music Meeting (2009, Dai Lam Linh (2009), From Cricket to Airplane (2008), Hanoi Moving (2007), Sound from apartment blocks – Asian Art Mart Singapore (2007), Stories of us (2005), Nowhwerefolk (2003)

Exhibition

His work was featured in the 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia. Notable regional and international exhibitions include 'Mien Meo Mieng' at Bildemuseet, Umea, Sweden (2015); ‘Living together in paradise’ at the Goethe-Institut, Hanoi, Vietnam (2011); ‘One Planet’ at Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2013); 'Tam Ta' at San Art, Ho Chi Minh City (2010); ‘Lim Dim: Young Vietnamese Artists’ at Stenersenmuseet, Oslo (2009); 'transPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix’ at ARKO Art Center, Seoul, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (2007–2008); ‘Connect: Kunstzene Vietnam’ presented by ifa Galleries, Berlin and Stuttgart (2009); New Asian Waves' presented by ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany (2007). In 2014, he was an artist-in-residence at Musee D'Art Contemporain Du Val-de-Marne (MAC/VAL) in France. Recently, Hung been participated in Creative Fusion, an urban-based, community-engaged residency program for international artists created by the Cleveland Foundation, Ohio.

 Air Show, 2007

Acrylic on canvas

39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in

100 × 100 cm

 Moving Apartment Block, 2007

Acrylic on canvas

39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in

100 × 100 cm

 Air Farm, 2007

Acrylic on canvas

39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in

100 × 100 cm

 Living Together in Paradise
2009-2011
mixed media
Wall measurement 4-5 m tall x 5 m wide / tower block 3 m x 70 cm x 70 cm

 Keep My Planet Clean, 2013

Clay, resin, plant-derived roots, metal, fabric, plastic, acrylic paint

39 2/5 × 55 1/10 × 27 3/5 in

100 × 140 × 70 cm

 The Security Booth
2013
watercolor on paper
30.5 x 40.5 cm

Go to Market
2013
wood, nylon bags, plastic fruit, metal tubes, cotton
220 x 400 x 60 cm

Go to Market
(detail view)

  I've Been Here (Mauvais gout painting)
2013
oil on readymade (oil on canvas) in artist's frame
109 x 178.7 cm

Common enemy
2014
oil on readymade painting
54 x 65 cm

 Relax
2014
oil on readymade painting
35 x 50 cm

Bad colour
2014
oil on readymade painting
54 x 65 cm

  Behind the barricade
2014
oil on readymade painting
33 x 55 cm

 Occupied Landscape, 2014

Oil on canvas

39 2/5 × 78 7/10 in

100 × 200 cm

The Deck Crew, 2014

Oil on canvas

39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in

100 × 100 cm

 Patrol (sketch 2)
2014
watercolor, ballpoint pen on paper
16 x 21.5 cm

 Patrol, 2014

Oil on canvas

39 2/5 × 78 7/10 in

100 × 200 cm

Nguyen Manh Hung, Until the lake is full, 2014, oil paint on found painting, 30.5 x 40.5 cm | Courtesy Galerie Quynh & Artist

 The Baricade, 2014

Digital collage on computer printed on photopaper

19 7/10 × 39 2/5 in

50 × 100 cm

 he Barricade
(detail view)

 he Barricade
(detail view)

 Checkpoint, 2014

Oil on canvas

39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in

100 × 100 cm

Fire Truck (URAL)
2014
watercolor on paper
28.2 x 40.5 cm

Off road
2014
watercolor on paper
32.2 x 48.6 cm 

 Clear for take off
2014
acrylic on canvas
100 x 150 cm

 Explosion on Planet, 2015

Oil on canvas

11 4/5 × 15 7/10 in

30 × 40 cm

 Landing at Dawn, 2015

Oil on canvas

11 4/5 × 15 7/10 in

30 × 40 cm

 Snail on Runway, 2015

Oil on canvas

11 4/5 × 15 7/10 in

30 × 40 cm

 Le soldat d' Annamite, 2015

Oil on canvas

15 7/10 × 11 4/5 in

40 × 30 cm

Le Tirailleur d'Annamite, 2015

Oil on canvas

11 4/5 × 15 7/10 in

30 × 40 cm

 An Old Soldier, 2015

Oil on canvas

15 7/10 × 11 4/5 in

40 × 30 cm

The Meeting, 2015

Oil on canvas

39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in

100 × 100 cm

Turtle on the Runway, 2015

Oil on canvas

15 7/10 × 11 4/5 in

40 × 30 cm

 Prepare for Take off, 2015

Digital collage on computer printed on photopaper

13 4/5 × 21 7/10 in

35 × 55 cm

 Snail at the Airbase, 2015

Oil on canvas

11 4/5 × 15 7/10 in

30 × 40 cm

 L'escargot de Tirailleur, 2015

Oil on canvas

11 4/5 × 15 7/10 in

30 × 40 cm

 Practice with Snails
2016
digital c-print, edition of 5 + 1 AP
60 x 90 cm

Soldier and Snail
2016
linocut
45.8 x 30.5 cm

 Le Tirailleur de l'Annamite
2016
linocut
21 x 28 cm
 

 The King Roaming, 2016

39 2/5 × 78 7/10 in

100 × 200 cm

 Snails on the Deck, 2016

23 3/5 × 35 2/5 in

60 × 90 cm

Edition 1/5

 Practice with Snails, 2016

Digital collage on computer printed on photopaper

23 3/5 × 35 2/5 in

60 × 90 cm

Edition 1/5

 Hero at the Station, 2016

Digital collage on computer printed on photopaper

13 4/5 × 21 7/10 in

35 × 55 cm

 Security Man, 2016

Resin

4 3/10 × 3 9/10 × 2 4/5 in

11 × 10 × 7 cm

 Security Booth, 2016

Wood, resin, foamex, plastic bag, wires, recycled materials

35 2/5 × 18 9/10 × 23 3/5 in

90 × 48 × 60 cm

 Execution Planet, 2016

Paper resin, sawdust, bamboo chopsticks, metal

15 × 11 × 13 4/5 in

38 × 28 × 35 cm

 In Case of Emergency
2016
mixed media
125 x 55 x 40 cm

 Protecting the Location
2016
oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm

Checkpoint
2016
bronze
35 x 35 x 40 cm

A Happy Soldier
2016
oil on canvas
100 x 60.5 cm

  Guard at Night
2016
oil on canvas
100 x 60.5 cm

Le Petit Tirailleur
2016
oil on canvas
100 x 60.5 cm

Midnight Business 2017

Oil on canvas

100x100 cm.

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