Lightness
Nguyen Xuan Huy

We cordially invite you and your friends to our Erfurt gallery for the opening with the artist on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 8 p.m.

Nguyen Xuan Huy's works build bridges from the 21st to the 19th century. They respond to the visual patterns of the present and at the same time possess the mastery and thematic density of classical European painting. Nguyen's art addresses current issues and formulates haunting parables of extraordinary depth, complexity and virtuosity.

Nguyen about his motifs: “I like the contrast between the beautiful appearance and the underlying drama that lurks somewhere. It's not uncommon for beautiful and unpleasant things to be close together... I cover up powerlessness and frustration with a kind of irony or a false, inappropriate mood. I want to survive after all this drama and have as much joy in life as possible.”

In recent years, the artist has shown his paintings at the Kunsthalle Darmstadt, the Mannheimer Kunstverein, the Kunstmuseum Jena, the Luxembourg Art Week, the Art Karlsruhe and the London Art Fair, the Haus am Lützowplatz in Berlin and other institutions. The artist's works are in collections in Europe and North America.