Drifting with artist Bui Chat

On the afternoon of July 14, at Gallery No. 22 Pham Cu Luong, Tan Son Hoa Ward, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Ward 2, Tan Binh District), artist Bui Chat opened the painting exhibition "Dang Troi", inspired by his new poetry collection "Where Are We Drifting To?" recently published by Da Nang Publishing House.

Although he has held more than 10 art exhibitions, only in the exhibition Dang Troi , for the first time and possibly the only time Bui Chat has given specific names to each work. "The names of the paintings are all taken from the names of poems in the collection Where are we drifting to? as a souvenir, a connection and exchange of different fields within the same subject," the artist revealed.

Bui Chat and his works at the exhibition Drifting

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In the exhibition Dang Troi , Bui Chat still pursues an abstract painting style that is full of poetry and symbolism. According to curator Phan Trong Van: "If Chat's previous paintings tend to be ethereal, ethereal and sometimes seem to dissolve between words and images, the Dang Troi series of paintings shows a different movement: more intense, clearer, with a more drastic push and pull of color... The color contrast is higher, the "color pushes" are bolder, and especially the frequency amplitude - that is, the emotional range of each color - also becomes wider and deeper. This is not only a visual maturity, but also suggests a "new language" in Bui Chat's abstract journey. His paintings no longer "float" aimlessly, but drift with gravity, drift with memories, with life materials that have matured in contemplation".

According to Bui Chat's humorous yet serious self-reflection, in this exhibition, his paintings "seem saltier". Saltier in tone. Saltier in mood. And the saltiness of life seems to permeate each layer of color, each stroke of each "brainchild" that he takes great care of.

The exhibition Floating , consisting of 20 oil paintings and mixed media, runs until July 24.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/dang-troi-cung-hoa-si-bui-chat-185250714224949117.htm