Drifting along to see life as light

With flowing blocks of color and a few minimalist lines to leave behind vast silence, 'Floating Away' by artist Vu Hoang Tuan immerses viewers in a half-real, half-dream world, both strange and nostalgic.

Slowly enjoy the emotional colors at 'Drifting Away' - Photo: H.VY

Six months after his first exhibition, Sitting and Coloring with a Smile , artist Vu Hoang Tuan continues to evoke dreams in the public with a new series of paintings with names as ethereal as the artist's soul.

Still with a neutral color palette rich in narrative and magical, floating scenes, the emotions of the 25 paintings "Drifting Away" are somewhat fresher, gentler and more sensual, on display until June 22 at Maii Art Space (District 3, HCMC).

Empty in the picture, but full in the heart

Still quiet and sparing in words about what he paints, artist Vu Hoang Tuan said that he has put everything he wants to say on the wall. So the viewer can just "follow the drifting" of their own heart and leisurely stroll around admiring the paintings.

This series of paintings has clearer and softer colors, less tormenting and tormenting, more neutral and refined shapes, leaving room for deep, endless color spaces.

A couple of boats resting on the beach, the golden sand dunes stretching as far as the eye can see, rows of trees leaning against each other, the sea and sky blending into a clear blue... The paintings attract the viewer's eyes, gradually sinking them into the surreal dream of the colorist.

There, artist Vu Hoang Tuan also fell into a dream, dreaming and painting, drifting along with his own endless dreams of joy and sadness. The paintings, like the people, were pensive, condensed, a little sad and filled with silent gaps. Silent but full of throbbing.

The thoughtful gaps in Vu Hoang Tuan's paintings - Photo: H.VY

As painter Phan Trong Van said, Vu Hoang Tuan's paintings are "like an old and strange dream, as light as early morning clouds, but "looking at it for a long time makes it stick, and once it sticks, you will love it forever."

He doesn't tell stories with details, but with... spaces. Empty in the paintings, but full in the heart. And the way everything is quiet, unpretentious like the painter himself."

For artist Vu Hoang Tuan himself, drawing is a joy, and he chooses to diligently do the work he loves in silence. Continuing to color the floating dreams, in the sadness he always strives for peace and sends his desire to communicate with life.

"Being able to work according to your passion is already a happiness, and being able to live by that passion is even happier. Because everyone needs to live.

"Just be diligent, be sincere with yourself and with life, then hopefully you will receive sympathy from everyone. I just hope to be like that, then I will be very happy" - Vu Hoang Tuan wrote.

Artist Vu Hoang Tuan at the exhibition "Drifting Away" - Photo: H.VY

Floating is also a way of existence

Celebrating the second solo exhibition of his former teacher, who also inspired him to enter the art school, artist Nguyen Duy Nhut expressed: "So after many years of 'silently holding a brush like an old hunter holding an old gun', artist Vu Hoang Tuan has decided to pour out all his heart and soul to create an art exhibition as floating as his own soul.

The name of the exhibition itself sounds so light. A whisper, but also like a leisurely sigh in the midst of this bustling world.

Viewers will see rows of trees leaning as if whispering stories, lonely roofs on sand dunes, and boats nestled beside wild mountains.

Everything appears in simple, flat lines, but strangely not lifeless. It's as if someone has secretly poured into every corner of the painting a little wind, a little memory, a little immensity that is hard to name.

Carefully follow the artist's emotions through each painting at the exhibition - Photo: H.VY

Compared to his first exhibition, this series of paintings by artist Vu Hoang Tuan is considered by many colleagues to be more carefully polished. Based on familiar color palettes and compositions, the artist has gone deeper into refining the materials and more subtle tones.

The size of the paintings is also selected evenly and arranged to suit the space, creating a harmonious, easy-to-feel and seamless exhibition.

"Not unconventional, not shocking, nor harsh to prove any breakthrough, Tuan seems to intentionally let everything float as the title suggests, so that viewers are not pressured by concepts or images but can drift with emotions.

It's very much him - that him is different from before, but still him. Not noisy, just quietly continuing on his path. Perhaps for Tuan, floating is also a way of existence, and enduring existence is sometimes the most significant thing in today's art world with so many changes" - painter Phan Trong Van emphasized.

Some pictures at the exhibition "Drifting Away":

The new series of paintings are selected and arranged more harmoniously in the exhibition space.

Vu Hoang Tuan's neutral and narrative color palette

Each painting is like a moment of silence in the hustle and bustle.

Vu Hoang Tuan paints a lot about the sea, but not only the sea of ​​the Central region but all three regions.

The painting is minimalist in lines but evokes a lot of imagination for the viewer.

The paintings are increasingly simple

Images both familiar and strange, half real and half dream

All evoke a "light" feeling for the viewer.

HUYNH VY

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/troi-theo-nhung-benh-bong-de-thay-doi-nhe-tenh-20250617015246079.htm