Thu Van Tran's Contemplative Art in Nice

Published on 01 September 2023, by Benoit Gaboriaud

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Mamac) in Nice and Thu-Van Tran: a great collaboration which started in 2018, during the group exhibition "Cosmogonies, au gré des éléments", has finally culminated in the first museum monograph dedicated to the artist in France.

Thu-Van Tran (b. 1979), Rainbow Herbicides #4, 2019, graphite on paper, paint, 189... Thu Van Tran's Contemplative Art in Nice

Thu-Van Tran (b. 1979), Rainbow Herbicides #4, 2019, graphite on paper, paint, 189 x 159 cm.
Courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech, Paris
© Thu-Van Tran/ADAGP Paris, 2023. Photo : Rebecca Fanuele

Entitled "Nous vivons dans l'éclat" (“We Live in Radiance”), this first monographic exhibition is imbued with the enchanting melancholy emanating from her committed, poetic work. Neither thematic nor chronological, the circular, almost cyclical layout takes visitors on…

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