‘ART IS SHIT’
2nd EUROPEAN SOLO ART EXHIBITION
LINH TRAN TRUNG
AT
YO YO GALLERY
2e JAN VAN DER HEYDENSTRAAT 1074 XS AMSTERDAM
5 JAN – 28 MAR 2009
PREVIEW 2-5 pm SUN 4 JAN
You can always tell tell the work of an artist who has a story. Linh Tran Trung was born in 1977 in Hoi An, Vietnam, a product of his War generation. And sometimes it shows.
His work is outspoken, vibrant in it's content, and sometimes violent in it's politic, as he draws on the techniques of Pop Art and graffiti to convey a modern message about living in the shadow of decaying icons.
In 2001, after graduating from the Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts University, Linh has exhibited his original and diverse work, in group and solo shows in Vietnam, and two successful one man exhibitions, ‘iPop’, in Bali, and ‘iCon’ in Amsterdam in 2008.
Back in Amsterdam from 5 Jan to 28 Feb 2009, for his 2nd European Solo Exhibition, at YO YO Gallery, Linh relishes the freedom of being able to paint or exhibit outside the constraints of his own society and country, with a provocative show, ‘ART IS SHIT’, a POP ART showcase of his unique social slant on the world through his minds brush, “copying what is displayed in his head, turning it invisible, (in his mind), to visible, (onto canvas).”
Linh stands in front an easel, staring at the canvas, then jumps in fully clothed. Bold, Bright, Daring, Linh manages to bring back inspired thought provoking works, to what sometimes seems a bleak state of the world of art.
Linh broke the mould on thinking outside the box long ago and never ceases to amaze. A regular Rembrandt. Check it out for yourself, it is way well worth the journey, yours and his. And, if Andy Warhol and Kurt Cobain ever had a love child, well this here is the result. Linh typifies the modern Vietnam, a country experiencing a cultural and creative renaissance after years where so much was lost.
Enjoy ‘ART IS SHIT’.
A PREVIEW will be held 2 – 5 PM SUNDAY 4 JANUARY 2009
YO YO GALLERY
2e JAN VAN DER HEYDENSTRAAT 79 (DE PIJP)
1074 XS AMSTERDAM
