Medusa
Nguyen Xuan Huy

We cordially invite you and your friends to the opening with the artist on Friday, May 9, 2025 at 6:30 pm in our Frankfurt gallery.


The works of Nguyen Xuan Huy 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 takes up current issues and formulates haunting parables of extraordinary depth, complexity and virtuosity.
 
The body is always present in Nguyen's painting. His depiction belongs to the traditions of European art from antiquity to the present day. The omission of clothing means a renunciation of fashion and temporal classification. At the same time, nudity harbors erotic potential, an energy that lends power. Its use (as well as its abuse) is part of our culture.
 
Huy came to Germany at the age of seventeen, learned the language within a year and a half, caught up on his A-levels and studied at the Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy in Halle and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux. 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. Works by the artist can be found in collections in Europe, Asia and North America.