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Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art | Selected Press

An ongoing selection of press coverage, exhibition materials and curatorial documentation relating to Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, co-curated by Leah Do and Tran Dinh Thuc Doan at DE SARTHE, Hong Kong. Bringing together modern Vietnamese painting, sculpture and lacquer alongside works by French artists and two ancient Cham sculptures, the exhibition explores artistic ...

Echoes of Tonkin: A Curator’s Perspective

It has been a privilege and an honour to co-curate Echoes of Tonkin at DE SARTHE, Hong Kong, and to lead the curatorial tour on the exhibition’s opening day. At its heart, Echoes of Tonkin is an exploration of artistic encounters, cultural exchanges and the many ways in which Vietnam has been observed, interpreted and ...

Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, Reconsidered

DE SARTHE is pleased to present Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, an exhibition tracing the formation of modern Vietnamese art from its precursors to its maturity. Spanning 1905 to 1960, the exhibition brings together works by Albert Cézard, Victor Tardieu, Léa Lafugie, Alix Aymé, Joseph Inguimberty, Pham Hau, Le Pho, Nguyen Gia Tri, Mai ...

Christie’s 20th Century Day Sale brings together a focused group of seventeen works tracing several strands of Vietnamese modern art and its wider Indochinese context. The selection opens with three paintings by Vu Cao Dam, Le bouquet, Divinité and Le repos, and continues with works by Alix Aymé, whose long engagement with Vietnam occupies a distinctive ...

The Aymé family at their home in Dole, Jura, 1931. Top left: General Aymé; top right: Marcel Aymé; centre left: Michel, Marcel Aymé’s son; centre right: Marcel Aymé’s wife; seated: Alix Aymé (France, 1894-1989) Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art | Selected Press Echoes of Tonkin: A Curator’s Perspective Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, ...

Joseph Inguimberty (France, 1896-1971), towards 1930. Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art | Selected Press Echoes of Tonkin: A Curator’s Perspective Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, Reconsidered

Alix Aymé (France, 1894-1989) in her Hanoi studio, around 1932 Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art | Selected Press Echoes of Tonkin: A Curator’s Perspective Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, Reconsidered

Alix Aymé (France, 1894-1989) polishing a lacquer panel in her Paris studio, around 1950 Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art | Selected Press Echoes of Tonkin: A Curator’s Perspective Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, Reconsidered

Mai Trung Thu and Ngo Manh Duc, Nice, 1942 Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art | Selected Press Echoes of Tonkin: A Curator’s Perspective Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, Reconsidered

Le Thi Luu and her son Ngo Manh Duc, Monaco, 1942. Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art | Selected Press Echoes of Tonkin: A Curator’s Perspective Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, Reconsidered