Nguyễn Uyên Minh Nguyễn Vương Phương Thảo Cao Hoàng LongOpening act of 'Saigon Invasion' 29.10 - 02.11.2016 NET-KID show /nākid/ - November 2, 2016 October 29, 2016 Nguyễn Uyên Minh Nguyễn Vương Phương Thảo Cao Hoàng Long Coming from the land of sun and rain, NET-KID show which was officially launched at Ga0-Zerostation (Ho Chi Minh City) in early 2016, “hijack” Manzi for a week as the opening act for our initiative “Saigon Invasion” - a series of presentations aiming to showcase the creative landscape of Ho Chi Minh City through the lenses and practices of Saigon-based art collectives. NET-KID is not just an art exhibition nor performance. NET-KID is about having a good time, and creating a space for people to strip off their identities and enjoy the now. NET-KID is mischievously mispronounced from "naked", and embodies the wild and free spirits of the enfants rebelles of the art world. Two emerging Saigon-based photographers Nguyễn Uyên Minh and Nguyễn Vương Phương Thảo (Thảo.intherain) will lead you into their worlds, and use the camera to capture you at your barest, both physically and emotionally. Two separate installation art pieces/studio spaces will be set up, and you are welcome to come join, get drunk and "strip it all off" with the artists. Additionally, “Saturn at your feet” - a site-specific light installation by Cao Hoàng Long, in collaboration with Uyên Minh and Phương, will let you discover another dimension of NET-KID’s cosmic love. Come, bare (feet) it all, enjoy the stars and the sky with us! “We - as those who seek an escape from ourselves - seek not a narrative from you. In return, hopefully, you too won’t have any fixed conception or expectations from us. Let go of your body and mind, and become a part of the now.” - NET-KID Artists: Nguyễn Uyên Minh, Nguyễn Vương Phương Thảo, Cao Hoàng Long Curator: Xuân Hà Assistant curator: Thanh (Nu) Mai Producer: Đăng Bùi *This event is part of Manzi’s art programme supported by CDEF of the Danish Embassy ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Located in centre of Hanoi, Manzi is known as one of the most dynamic art spaces in South East Asia. Through art exhibitions, talks, workshops, book introductions, movie screenings, music and dance performances, Manzi's mission is to promote contemporary arts, build new audiences, inspire critical thinking and nurture Một dàn dựng tiếp diễn của Nguyễn Huy An, Lại Thị Diệu Hà, Nguyễn Trần Nam, Nguyễn Văn Phúc, Nguyễn Trinh Thi & Nguyễn Văn Thủy Tại: sân trước manzi art space & phòng triển lãm manzi Mở xưởng: 11.00 - 19.00 các ngày từ thứ Tư - Chủ Nhật hàng tuần (từ 24 tháng 2 hết ngày 19 tháng 3) Có ánh sáng và bóng tối, Âm thanh và sự câm lặng Có thực thể tự nhiên cùng vật thể nhân tạo Có những cái đã qua Có những điều mới chỉ bắt đầu Thủ công và máy móc Xác thực và mô phỏng Hữu thể và phi vật thể Thân xác với ảo ảnh Huyền thoại với trần thế Và tàn rữa … ... Xem thêm Giới thiệu chung Giày Thang Sét Malevich Thủy tức Âm thanh Hòn non bộ Những phác thảo nhoáng qua của một câu chuyện không phải đã hoàn thành chỉ chờ bày lại mà hãy còn đó để mà viết ra, dường như kể về vạn vật lại hình như cũng chẳng thực sự về một điều gì… Sáu nghệ sĩ (với phạm vi thực hành đa dạng: nghệ thuật thị giác, trình diễn, âm thanh và hình ảnh động) tại hai không gian trong một cuộc “thí nghiệm cộng sinh” diễn ra trong hơn ba tuần lễ Xuất phát từ một băn khoăn bất tận về “bên kia loài người”, sáu nghệ sĩ mang tới một dàn dựng (có lẽ) mang tính sân khấu, trong đó nhiều thành tố sẽ bất ngờ xuất hiện hoặc lặng lẽ rút lui 'Bốn nhịp' mở xưởng Thử nghiệm với cả không gian và thời gian, 'Bên kia loài người #1' không phải là một trưng bày TĨNH, CỐ ĐỊNH: ngày thứ sẽ giống như ngày thứ . Trái lại, song song tại hai địa điểm của manzi - từ Tuần này sang Tuần khác, những diễn biến mới sẽ phát sinh theo các H ỒI (như trong một vở kịch) ; từng tác phẩm sẽ vận động và biến đổi theo các NHỊP (nh ư theo một cơ chế sinh h ọc ) Nhịp #4 14.00 ngày 15 tháng 3 đến 19.00 ngày 19 tháng 3 SƠ ĐỒ TRƯNG BÀY TÁC PHẨM ĐANG DIỄN RA Nhịp 1 [23.02 - 26.02.2023 ] Chi tiết các tác phẩm Nhịp 1 [23.02 - 26.02.2023 ] Chi tiết các tác phẩm Nhịp 2 [01.03 - 05. 03.2023 ] Chi tiết các tác phẩm Những diễn biến đã qua

Nguyễn Trần Nama solo show by Nguyễn Trần Nam Through the looking glass - April 9, 2022 March 16, 2022 Nguyễn Trần Nam Known as one of Hanoi’s second wave of contemporary artists, Nam’s practice embraces a diverse body of multimedia works such as paintings, installations and video art. ‘Through the looking glass’ is the artist’s third solo exhibition with Manzi, following ‘Undone’ in 2017 and 'The broken chapters' in 2013. Consisting of a stop motion film, a few sketches and a series of found objects, the exhibition questions the relationship between human belief, power and violence, and between loss and oblivion. In the works on display at Manzi, the film – the only moving element of the exhibition – is composed of pure fantasies and unreal chronicles, like an aimless journey through an unknown tunnel with various exits, leaving us disoriented in the shattered imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of faith and violence, a phantasmagoric hybrid between ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and Dante's ‘Inferno’. In here and out there, or out here and in over there. The hand drawn pictures – frozen moments – have now been endowed with movement through a stop motion technique and have come to life in the form of an animation which is ultimately just another kind of freezing over. The other parts of the exhibition feature left-over elements that were used in constructing the film and its motions. Paper sheets reveal the figures and traces of the drawing process; Bone fragments collected by chance around the walls of Huế Citadel now turn into a poem arranged with the dense areas and white spaces of a written composition or a painting; evoking undeciphered ancient writings, the poem seems to be whispering the lost tales of extinct civilizations; The Landolt C chart, developed by the Swiss-born ophthalmologist Edmund Landolt for vision testing, can readily be found in any ophthalmology clinic in Vietnam; The Katuk plant blends the artist’s own memories of his childhood garden with Andersen’s fairy tales ‘The Rose Elf’ and ‘Under the Willow tree’; Soil and sickles are found objects from the artist’s hometown, intimately associated with personal loss – soil collected on a field that the artist has never cultivated and sickles that are just blades without handles that have never been used. Side by side, these two elements are reflections of each other in different dimensions. Creating a parallel world unbound by truth, time or place, ‘Through the looking glass’ can be seen as a change in Nguyễn Trần Nam’s artistic practice, leading to a new phase in his creative path. The show will commence on 16 March and will be on display until 09 April 2022. Notes for visitors: Due to the fragility of the installation and the complexity of the set up, we can only accommodate max 10 persons for each slot. In light of the current coronavirus developments, please wear mask when visiting, scan QR code and use the hand sanitizer provided at our door. 'Through the looking glass' is part of Manzi art programme supported by the Goethe Institut ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Đỗ Thanh Lãng, Nguyễn Đức Đạta display by Do Thanh Lang & Nguyen Duc Dat The world as a draft - April 13, 2025 March 14, 2025 Đỗ Thanh Lãng, Nguyễn Đức Đạt In collaboration with Galerie Quynh (based in Ho Chi Minh City), Manzi Art Space is pleased to present ‘𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡’ - a display of new work by 𝗗𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 and 𝗡𝗴𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗰 𝗗𝗮𝘁, two seminal members of the art collective 𝗦𝗮𝗼 𝗟𝗮 (*) Featuring the duo’s new paintings which were first exhibited last year at Galerie Quynh, this version for Hanoi will unfold a new presentation with alterations and compromises to adapt into a different space. Rather than just a replicated display to reach new audiences, or merely a shift in physical location, ‘𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡’ at Manzi, on the other hand, is a daunting diversion, a swing to keep up the spirit of scrappy improvisation and the spontaneous energy that inspired Sao La Collective's founding. Simply tear up the old draft, erase all the labels of ‘what has been/supposed to be’ in order to freely dream about ‘what can be’ and explore and embrace ‘what is not seen’... THE WORLD AS A DRAFT A display by Do Thanh Lang & Nguyen Duc Dat ➖ Opening: 6.30 Friday night 14 March 2025 ➖ On display: 11.00 AM - 07.00 PM (Tue-Sun) from 15 March until 13 April 2025 📍 Manzi Exhibition Space, No. 2 Ngõ Hàng Bún Free Entrance Do’s paintings take us to ambiguous places inhabited by anonymous characters often engaged in some sort of absurdity; sometimes violent or disturbing acts of transgression play out. Seemingly playful scenes unfold against a backdrop of bright colors and shiny surfaces. Do Thanh Lang often finds visual sources from the internet and news media and then transposes the images to imagined (non)locales. The scenes are not as whimsical as they initially seem but are filled with a tension that seeps through the layers of paint and resin. While Do’s paintings communicate a sense of cool detachment, Nguyen Duc Dat’s works are more emotional and visceral. Everyday (offline) life, moments of beauty and strangeness in the world, and global socio-political conflicts are depicted with a rawness that moves between tragicomedy and honest, profound storytelling. ___ (*) Sao La is a non-profit and independent art project/collective in Southern Vietnam, focusing on relationships among artists, community and art itself. As the nature of a "space traveler," not based on a fixed location, Sao La carries two main objectives: making contemporary art accessible to the general Vietnamese public through educational programs and nurturing Vietnam’s growing creative community. The project will serve not only as a project that organizes exhibitions, film and video screenings, workshops and lectures but also as an informal place for Vietnamese artists to experiment, challenge and develop their creative practices. Found only in the Truong Son mountain range of Vietnam and Laos, Sao La is the name of one of the world’s rarest mammals. The word ‘sao’ on its own can signify ‘star’ or pose the questions ‘how?’ ‘what?’ or ‘why?’ ‘La’ suggests a shriek, call or shout. https://saolacollective.weebly.com/ ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s) Nguyễn Đức Đạt Lãng Đỗ

Trịnh CungA solo exhibition by TRỊNH CUNG 12.01 - 20.01. 2015 CONSCIOUSNESS - January 20, 2015 January 12, 2015 Trịnh Cung ‘Consciousness’ featuring Trinh Cung's latest creations with 9 sketches and 7 large size oil paintings will mark the return of one of the most important artists of Saigon before 1975 after more than 20 years long of absence in the local art scene. ‘I haven’t shown my work to public for a long time as I felt depressed with everything I created, so I wrapped them up, locked them in a tube, brought them along with me with the hope to find a heaven, for me and for them. Now at the age of 77, I have realised that my artwork need to be free, they need to be alive and that’s why they are here, at manzi art space today’ - Trinh Cung. By setting up an ambiguous interplay between foreground and background, transforming his canvas into a composition of loose, organic forms, in this series of work, Trinh Cung has created a perpetual motion, candidly confronting themes of identity, sexuality and the fear of loss and abandonment. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

silk Lê Thúy biography Born in 1988 in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, and graduated from both the Thanh Hoa Art and Culture College and the Vietnam Fine Art University, Le Thuy has established herself as an emerging artist since 2012 when she became the winner of the Art Council Award for her “Mơ” (“Dream”) installation in the competition Students are Arts, Vietnam Fine Art University. Four years later, Le Thuy is one of three winners of Young Talent Programme for 2016/17, organized by ION Art Gallery and the Affordable Art Fair Singapore. Being passionate about silk – the traditional typical material of Eastern Area, Le Thuy has chosen silk painting as one of the main part of her creative practices. “Silk is smooth but weaved with extremely tight silk fibers, just like connections among individuals in a society. I exploit the transparent aspects of silk to create the feeling of longing, mystery, and obsession. Viewers can focus on the image on the surface of the silk, or also see through the silk to what is behind the silk, to create tension that reflects my own obsessions.” Captivated by concepts of place and space, beauty in life and death, Le Thuy raises thought provoking questions in her works: “where is a place of peace? - an uninhabited world? or a world of death? Le Thuy’s works are included in various local and international collections such as the Dogma Collection in Saigon, Vietnam and Elegant Team Development Collection in HongKong. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Revisit Hoan Kiem Lake LÊ THÚY 2021 40 x 30 cm watercolor on silk Enquire related Catching Faces Faint Traces the sky, the sand, the lashing waves following the stone wall and we found an electric generator 6𝒗➡️¹/² The world as a draft The Fifth Cardinal Direction Spatium 47 Days, Sound-less in spaces of everyscape, at time without end </3 Hồi Sóng Birdsong on our pathway vol. 4 Entrusted Conjectures Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition 'Neo-Romanticism' More than Human #1 Arca Noa no-think The Four Subjects A saga of unrealised projects The dreamer: heterotopia, tabula rasa, noble silence (a part of ongoing project 0395A.ĐC) Through the looking glass what's going on at Manzi Tình See more October 5, 2025 Tình See more October 4, 2025 Bắt mặt | Catching Faces See more October 4, 2025 Tình See more October 3, 2025 Artist Talk vs Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai See more September 27, 2025 Art Tour | Những Vệt Mờ / Faint Traces See more September 10, 2025 Những Vệt Mờ | Faint Traces See more September 6, 2025 Between the Strings See more August 5, 2025 sóng vỗ cát trời | the sky, the sand, the lashing waves See more August 1, 2025 Nguyên (âm) đơn See more July 20, 2025

oil/acrylic Lãng Đỗ biography Born in 1986, Do Thanh Lang received his Bachelor of Fine Art from the Ho Chi Minh University of Fine Art in 2011. The fact of belonging to the generation of young Vietnamese born at the turn of Đổi Mới and coming of age into a brave new open-market economy, has impressed itself on Lang’s artistic practices, particularly his featured themes of freedom and transgression. Approaching art practice with a rare instinct — visible through the craggy edges of his canvases, or the occasional insect fossilized by his resin pour — Do Thanh Lang is aptly positioned to extract lightness from a dire situation. Drenched in blazes of bold shapes and colors, Lang’s paintings involve faceless figures and hypnagogic settings evocative of Italian giallo films. The situations and actions depicted range from being unsettling to downright grotesque, while the ambiguity at play throughout openly invites viewers to weave individualities into these psychedelic backdrops and at the same time hints at the inevitability of universal history repeating itself. In all their hazy strangeness, his artworks are akin to pieces of a memory — a visual journal of altered consciousness. His work has been exhibited in numerous group shows in Vietnam and across the region, including Displacement (Gallery Rhim, Seoul); Salt of the Forest (Korea Foundation Gallery, Seoul & CUC Gallery, Vietnam Women's Museum, Hanoi); Modern Wind (Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association); My Sister (Sàn Art, HCMC); Fall (Cafe Trầm, HCMC); Falling from the Sky (Sao La, HCMC); March: Art Walk (various venues, HCMC); and the series mù dạ quang , Dăm Kết Mặt Trăng , Bồi Tích , Cicada Song in a Summer of Poppies , Lò Cò , and NGUCHONOBAY (curated by Sao La) at Galerie Quynh, HCMC. He also participated in Spot Art Singapore 2014 (ARTrium @ MCI, Singapore) and the Brownian Motion artist residency at Heritage Space, Hanoi. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Hard-boiled wonderland LÃNG ĐỖ 2021 20 x 20 cm acrylic on F.O panel Enquire related Catching Faces Faint Traces the sky, the sand, the lashing waves following the stone wall and we found an electric generator 6𝒗➡️¹/² The world as a draft The Fifth Cardinal Direction Spatium 47 Days, Sound-less in spaces of everyscape, at time without end </3 Hồi Sóng Birdsong on our pathway vol. 4 Entrusted Conjectures Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition 'Neo-Romanticism' More than Human #1 Arca Noa no-think The Four Subjects A saga of unrealised projects The dreamer: heterotopia, tabula rasa, noble silence (a part of ongoing project 0395A.ĐC) Through the looking glass what's going on at Manzi Tình See more October 5, 2025 Tình See more October 4, 2025 Bắt mặt | Catching Faces See more October 4, 2025 Tình See more October 3, 2025 Artist Talk vs Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai See more September 27, 2025 Art Tour | Những Vệt Mờ / Faint Traces See more September 10, 2025 Những Vệt Mờ | Faint Traces See more September 6, 2025 Between the Strings See more August 5, 2025 sóng vỗ cát trời | the sky, the sand, the lashing waves See more August 1, 2025 Nguyên (âm) đơn See more July 20, 2025

oil/acrylic Trần Tuấn biography Born in Hue in 1981, Tran Tuan graduated from Hue College of Art with a degree in Traditional Decoration in 2006. His art practice has been greatly influenced by the untold stories of his family. Tuan has participated in various international events, such as : the group exhibition ‘Mien Meo Mieng’ - Bildmuseet Contemporary Art Museum, Sweden - 2015; Singapore Biennale – 2014 (for his series ‘Two Forefingers’); he aslo held numerous notable local exhibitions including: ‘First Lesson’ – 2018; ‘Emperor Mushroom’ – 2013; , ‘Altered Clouds’ – 2012; ‘Nang Bong Nhe Tech’ – 2011,… He has also actively contributed to promoting art to a wider community. He opened Then Studio in 2012 in Hue where many art activities take place. It later became a familiar meeting spot for young artists, architects, musicians as well as young people in town. In 2017, Tuan launched Lang Art Dorm - an art residency program in Hue that aims to bridge the exchange between local and international artists. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Make-believe #2 TRẦN TUẤN 2020 36 x 62 cm acrylic on wood window Enquire works Make-believe #1 TRẦN TUẤN 2020 36 x 62 cm acrylic on wood window Enquire related Catching Faces Faint Traces the sky, the sand, the lashing waves following the stone wall and we found an electric generator 6𝒗➡️¹/² The world as a draft The Fifth Cardinal Direction Spatium 47 Days, Sound-less in spaces of everyscape, at time without end </3 Hồi Sóng Birdsong on our pathway vol. 4 Entrusted Conjectures Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition 'Neo-Romanticism' More than Human #1 Arca Noa no-think The Four Subjects A saga of unrealised projects The dreamer: heterotopia, tabula rasa, noble silence (a part of ongoing project 0395A.ĐC) Through the looking glass what's going on at Manzi Tình See more October 5, 2025 Tình See more October 4, 2025 Bắt mặt | Catching Faces See more October 4, 2025 Tình See more October 3, 2025 Artist Talk vs Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai See more September 27, 2025 Art Tour | Những Vệt Mờ / Faint Traces See more September 10, 2025 Những Vệt Mờ | Faint Traces See more September 6, 2025 Between the Strings See more August 5, 2025 sóng vỗ cát trời | the sky, the sand, the lashing waves See more August 1, 2025 Nguyên (âm) đơn See more July 20, 2025

mixed media Ngô Đình Bảo Châu biography Born in 1986, graduating from the Ho Chi Minh University of Fine Arts, Ngo Dinh Bao Chau is one of the emerging faces of Vietnamese contemporary art scene. Majored in lacquer painting - a traditional medium - at university, Ngo Dinh Bao Chau, from early on her practice has worked with a wide range of materials and experimented with different surface textures of objects, from traditional painting (in laquer, in silk) to resin, terrazzo, wood, cement, steel and particularly trúc chỉ – paper made from the purées of bamboo, corn and duckweed. Her practice examines contemporary life in Vietnam; she repurposes objects and images in order to challenge the dualisms and tensions that exist in society. In her most recent work, Ngo Dinh Bao Chau appropriates the symbols which are part of a collective, cultural memory, and places them in an imagined homespace. Through her multimedia installations, the artist comments on the power of repetition, and explores the indistinction between public and private space. Ngo Dinh Bao Chau has held various exhibitions within the region and abroad, including Silk of light, San Art Productions x Phuong My, Ho Chi Minh City; Block of Silence, SECC, Ho Chi Minh City; Where The Sea Remembers, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Bodies Survey(ed), San Art, Ho Chi Minh City; She, Sweet ‘Art, London, UK, travelled to Little Pink Monster Gallery, TX, USA; Body Bouquet, Welch School Galleries, Atlanta, GA, USA; Out of Nowhere, Sao La, Ho Chi Minh City; and My Eldest Sister, San Art, Ho Chi Minh City. In 2018 she was selected for the apexart Fellowship in New York, USA, and in 2010 undertook the 943 Studio arts residency in Kunming, China. In 2016 she received a grant from the Denmark–Vietnam Cultural Development and Exchange Fund for Open Room – an open studio event with artists Cam Xanh, Lap-Xuan N. Do, Kim Duy, and Dao Tung. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Withered sunlight falling by day & night NGÔ ĐÌNH BẢO CHÂU 2022 20 x 15 x 105 cm ceramic blade mounted on bamboo rod, fastened with wicker string Enquire related Catching Faces Faint Traces the sky, the sand, the lashing waves following the stone wall and we found an electric generator 6𝒗➡️¹/² The world as a draft The Fifth Cardinal Direction Spatium 47 Days, Sound-less in spaces of everyscape, at time without end </3 Hồi Sóng Birdsong on our pathway vol. 4 Entrusted Conjectures Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition 'Neo-Romanticism' More than Human #1 Arca Noa no-think The Four Subjects A saga of unrealised projects The dreamer: heterotopia, tabula rasa, noble silence (a part of ongoing project 0395A.ĐC) Through the looking glass what's going on at Manzi Tình See more October 5, 2025 Tình See more October 4, 2025 Bắt mặt | Catching Faces See more October 4, 2025 Tình See more October 3, 2025 Artist Talk vs Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai See more September 27, 2025 Art Tour | Những Vệt Mờ / Faint Traces See more September 10, 2025 Những Vệt Mờ | Faint Traces See more September 6, 2025 Between the Strings See more August 5, 2025 sóng vỗ cát trời | the sky, the sand, the lashing waves See more August 1, 2025 Nguyên (âm) đơn See more July 20, 2025

Lê Hoàng Bích Phượng Nguyễn Phi Phi Oanh Nguyễn Đức Phương Nguyễn Huy An Nguyễn Trần Nam Nguyễn Minh ThànhAn exhibition by Six - The Launching Show of Manzi exhibition space 31.08 - 15.10.2019 In Situ - October 15, 2019 August 31, 2019 Lê Hoàng Bích Phượng Nguyễn Phi Phi Oanh Nguyễn Đức Phương Nguyễn Huy An Nguyễn Trần Nam Nguyễn Minh Thành As suggested by the name ‘In Situ’—a Latin phrase meaning ‘in the original place’ , ‘appropriate position’ , or ‘natural arrangement’ —the exhibition not only showcases the latest artworks dedicated to Manzi by Nguyễn Phi Phi Oanh, Lê Hoàng Bích Phượng, Nguyễn Huy An, Nguyễn Trần Nam, Nguyễn Đức Phương and Nguyễn Minh Thành, but also serves as the grand opening for Manzi’s new exhibition space located at 2 Ngõ Hàng Bún, Hà Nội. Presenting a thorough experiment on lacquer and silk through more than 20 works, the exhibition transports the viewer to a diverse reality painted from life, from the nostalgic and carefree spirit in Nguyễn Đức Phương's artworks, the delicate and richly meaningful silk paintings of Huy An, the dark obsessions of Nguyễn Trần Nam’s black and white lacquer series, and the melancholy portraits on silk of Nguyễn Minh Thành, to the obscure relations between time and space in Lê Hoàng Bích Phượng’s fragile silk works, and the reflection of the strangeness and significance of the material and the local in the age of the immaterial, virtual and digital reproduction in Phi Phi Oanh’s lacquer on steel series. Painting has always been an important part of the artistic practice of the six, particularly in this exhibition where silk and lacquer are the main mediums. ‘In Situ’ therefore questions ‘what it is that defines a painting’, and ‘where do the boundaries and rules for the medium lie?’ *‘In Situ’ is supported by the Goethe Institut. ARTWORKS GALLERY PRO SE SERIES - installation by Nguyễn Oanh Phi Phi In this exhibition, the format of the works presented make reference to the touchscreen tablet, a technological device so ubiquitous that it is integral to the way we interact today. Always by our side like an extension of our being, these digital devices entertain us, help record our memories, plan our lives, and connect us. Ultimately they have become how we mediate the world and represent a window into our collective imagination. At first glance, these seem like a series of mass produced tablets showing some random digital image, but upon closer inspection, they are actually lacquer paintings mimicking screens. Although the painting image is static, I rely on the materiality of the lacquer medium and ever shifting light against the gold and silver leaf to suggest movement and to entice the viewer to move in closer, thus entering into its “aura”. The viewer is invited to interact with the work by gently picking it up with two hands. OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s) Nguyễn Đức Phương Nguyễn Trần Nam Nguyễn Phi Phi Oanh Nguyễn Minh Thành Lê Hoàng Bích Phượng

silk Nguyễn Minh Quân biography Born in 1989 in Hanoi and graduated from the Vietnam University of Fine Arts in 2012, Nguyen Minh Quan is a promising painter in the local art scene. His work was inspired by a deep interest in the natural and mythological world of Greece myths. After learning about the Art Nouveau school (in particular Alphone Mucha), combined with his obsession with the way Francis Bacon explored the human body and an admiration for the use of bright color palettes as well as the composition of fashion photography, Quan’s practice became more defined and concrete. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Silent flow and constant transformation NGUYỄN MINH QUÂN 2024 80 x 120 cm watercolor and gold leaves, silver leaves on silk Enquire works The words in silence VII NGUYỄN MINH QUÂN 2024 29.5 x 33.5 cm mineral pigments on Awagami paper pasted on board Enquire related Catching Faces Faint Traces the sky, the sand, the lashing waves following the stone wall and we found an electric generator 6𝒗➡️¹/² The world as a draft The Fifth Cardinal Direction Spatium 47 Days, Sound-less in spaces of everyscape, at time without end </3 Hồi Sóng Birdsong on our pathway vol. 4 Entrusted Conjectures Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition 'Neo-Romanticism' More than Human #1 Arca Noa no-think The Four Subjects A saga of unrealised projects The dreamer: heterotopia, tabula rasa, noble silence (a part of ongoing project 0395A.ĐC) Through the looking glass what's going on at Manzi Tình See more October 5, 2025 Tình See more October 4, 2025 Bắt mặt | Catching Faces See more October 4, 2025 Tình See more October 3, 2025 Artist Talk vs Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai See more September 27, 2025 Art Tour | Những Vệt Mờ / Faint Traces See more September 10, 2025 Những Vệt Mờ | Faint Traces See more September 6, 2025 Between the Strings See more August 5, 2025 sóng vỗ cát trời | the sky, the sand, the lashing waves See more August 1, 2025 Nguyên (âm) đơn See more July 20, 2025

print Phạm Khắc Quang biography Pham Khac Quang was born in 1975 in Hai Duong Province, and graduated from the Graphic Art department within the University of Fine Art in Hanoi in 2002 and has since been working as a graphic artist. Beginning with traditional woodcuts printing, Quang gradually moved to experiments with a variety of material from ceramic to glasses and stainless steel. He has established himself as one of Vietnam’s most proficient, diverse and established printers, he creates evocative artworks with a strong personal narrative and connection; finding beauty in what others could perceive as the ordinary. Quang has collaborated and participated in a vast number of group shows throughout his career and dedicated his practice to produce four exceptional solo shows: ‘In Vitra +’ – Manzi Art Space, Hà Nội – 2019; ‘Shape of Round’ – Goethe Institut, Hanoi – 2017; ‘Breath’- woodcut installation in Emages Festival, Aarhus, Denmark – 2013; ‘Contemporary Scenario’ – Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi - 2011 works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Early morning PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 80 x 60 cm woodcut print on paper Enquire works The Garden Corner PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 80 x 60 cm woodcut print on paper Enquire works Absorbed in nature PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 28 x 19 cm linocut printed on inox tray Enquire works Rustling PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 28 x 19 cm linocut printed on inox tray Enquire works Round 1 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2017 30 x 30 cm Woodcut print on fired glass at 760°C Enquire works Round 4 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2017 30 x 30 cm Woodcut print on fired glass at 760°C Enquire works Quiet countryside PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 30 x 50 cm woodcut print on dzo paper Enquire works Compatriot #3 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 50 x 70 cm woodcut print on dzo paper Enquire works Barcode 12 (edition 5) PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 30 x 30 cm linocut print on fired glass at 760°C Enquire works Metropolis no. 1 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 113 x 132 cm linocut print on paper Enquire works Alone PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 80 x 60 cm woodcut print on paper Enquire works Place of peace PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 28 x 19 cm linocut printed on inox tray Enquire works Winter is coming to town PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 28 x 19 cm linocut printed on inox tray Enquire works Villager #5 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2017 25 x 40 cm woodcut print on paper Enquire works Round 3 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2017 30 x 30 cm Woodcut print on fired glass at 760°C Enquire works Hen-house PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 30 x 50 cm woodcut print on dzo paper Enquire works Compatriot #2 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 50 x 70 cm woodcut print on dzo paper Enquire works Barcode 13 (edition 5) PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 30 x 50 cm linocut print on fired glass at 760°C Enquire works Barcode 14 (edition 5) PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 30 x 30 cm linocut print on fired glass at 760°C Enquire related Catching Faces Faint Traces the sky, the sand, the lashing waves following the stone wall and we found an electric generator 6𝒗➡️¹/² The world as a draft The Fifth Cardinal Direction Spatium 47 Days, Sound-less in spaces of everyscape, at time without end </3 Hồi Sóng Birdsong on our pathway vol. 4 Entrusted Conjectures Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition 'Neo-Romanticism' More than Human #1 Arca Noa no-think The Four Subjects A saga of unrealised projects The dreamer: heterotopia, tabula rasa, noble silence (a part of ongoing project 0395A.ĐC) Through the looking glass what's going on at Manzi Tình See more October 5, 2025 Tình See more October 4, 2025 Bắt mặt | Catching Faces See more October 4, 2025 Tình See more October 3, 2025 Artist Talk vs Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai See more September 27, 2025 Art Tour | Những Vệt Mờ / Faint Traces See more September 10, 2025 Những Vệt Mờ | Faint Traces See more September 6, 2025 Between the Strings See more August 5, 2025 sóng vỗ cát trời | the sky, the sand, the lashing waves See more August 1, 2025 Nguyên (âm) đơn See more July 20, 2025