Artists : Ha Manh Thang, Hoang Duong Cam, M. Irfan, Lam Siong Onn, A.T Sitompul
Location : Affinity ART gallery Hong Kong, 1/F, 1 Queen's Road West, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Email : [email protected]
Phone : (852) 3173 8626
Date : 15th July - 8th Sept 2018
Opening Hours
Tuesday to Friday from 12:30 pm to 7 pm
Saturday from 12:30 pm to 5 pm
Closed on Sunday and public holidays
Info : http://www.affinityforart.com/
Affinity Art is pleased to present LINES, a collection of Southeast Asian contemporary artists, featuring works from M. Irfan (Indonesia), Lam Siong Onn (Malaysia), Ha Manh Thang (Vietnam), A.T. Sitompul (Indonesia), and Hoang Duong Cam (Vietnam). T presented works are unified by a common theme of linear mark-making and geometric forms. Under the theme of lines, the exhibition brings together works that share the artists’ artistic, socio-political, and economical concerns.
To explain the notion of lines would be somewhat paradoxical, as it functions collectively and individually, both in fluid and static states. The artist controls the placement, length, and width of the shape. Hence in all works, lines become the elemental step in art making, for some artists, they are the result of an intuitive and almost subconscious gesture on canvas while for others, they become the careful distillate of some deep pondering. Lines have the power to shift the illusion of depth and dimension on an inherently flat surface, triggering emotions from personal associations, and challenging perceptual ambiguities.
Each artist delves into a variety of ideas. Irfan for instance, interlaces art from two thousand years apart, to form a new visual discussion on contextual art. Lam translates landscapes into alternate dimensions of ethereal lines and geometric shapes. Hoang and Ha construct their pieces into subtle social commentaries, alluding to the evolving and fading elements in their history and culture. Sitompul works with more abstract ideas on optical effects, painstakingly carving out geometric shapes in wood blocks to create prints on canvas, accurately rendering negative and positive spaces.
From personal narratives to new dimensions, the fascination for lines is evident for these artists whose works embody a continuation of their ideas within and beyond the canvas.
Lines / Summer collective 2018, Affinity ART gallery, Hong Kong
2024
- "EYES SLUMBERING OPENED: HÀ MẠNH THẮNG'S STUDIES ON LANDSCAPE", The Outpost Art Organisation, Hanoi
- Becoming Alice: Through The Metal Tunnel, The Outpost Art Organisation, Hanoi, Vietnam
2023
- Intersections group show, Icehouse Arts Complex, Long Beach, US
- Địa tầng số 0 | Stratum Zero, The Outpost Art Organisation, Hanoi
- Ethereal Places, solo exhibition, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore
- Ethereal Scapes, solo exhibition, Vincom Center for Contemporary Art, Hanoi
2022
- Kìa non non, nước nước, mây mây ,solo exhibition, galerie Quỳnh, HCM city, Vietnam
- Notes On Paper : Group exhibition, galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
2021
2020
- NO RAIN WITHOUT CLOUDS: Preserving Vietnamese Arts for the future, Vietnam Women's Museum, Hanoi
- BEYOND, Affinity ART gallery, Geneve, Switzerland
2019
- Landscape | Mindscape solo exhibition, galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
- SQUARE, Affinity Art gallery, HongKong
- Shared Inspiration - Asian Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China
2018
- ELLIPSES, solo exhibition, Vincom Center for Contemporary Art, Hanoi
- Visual Language : Hungarian & Vietnamese contemporary paintings, Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi
- Song of Cicada Among the Summer Poppies, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City,  Vietnam
- Lines / Summer collective 2018, Affinity ART gallery, Hong Kong
- Light and Colours : Arts of Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam , ION Art gallery, Singapore
- Alluvium, galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
2017
- Passage of Time / A Poetic Meditation by Ha Manh Thang ( solo ), Affinity ART gallery, HongKong
- TOẢ - The Foliage , Vincom Center for Contemporary Art ( VCCA ) , Hanoi
- Confluences and Diversities in Southeast Asian Art, ION Art gallery, Singapore
- The Three - Cornered Wold, galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
2016
- AIA Vietnam Eye, Casa Italia, Hanoi, Vietnam
- "The Lake” solo exhibition by Ha Manh Thang, Art Taipei 2016, Taipei, Taiwan
- Rhetorical Landscape 意象風景, Affinity ART gallery, Hong Kong
- Dérive, group show, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
2015
- FAR IN THE NORTH series & Ha Manh Thang's selection works 2012-2015 ( solo ) L'Espace, Hanoi, Vietnam
- "KHÓI SÓNG" ( solo ) exhibition , galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
2014
- Fading Dreams - Disintegrating Realities ( solo show ) Thavibu gallery , Bangkok , Thailand
- "Drop" , group show , galerie Quynh , Ho Chi Minh city , Vietnam
- In the Shadow of Appearances , Galerie Quynh , Ho Chi Minh city , Vietnam
- "Onward and Upward , Gallerie Quynh , Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2013
- "Grapevine Selection" - Vol 1, Hanoi Fine Arts Museum , Hanoi , Vietnam
- "HEAVEN IS A PLACE ( solo )", Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
- "Current ( His ) Stories", Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
2012
2011
2010
- Not Memory ( solo ) , The Bui Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Ha Manh Thang and Le Quy Tong in the Bodnár Collection, NextArt Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
2009
- Connect: Kunstzene Vietnam, ifa Galleries, Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany
- Who do you think we are?, Bui Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2008
- SH3OOT, L’Espace, Centre Culturel Français de Hanoi, Vietnam
- The Rain and The Small Stream ( solo ) Ernst & Young Asean Art Outreach, Singapore
2007
2005