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Loi Nguyen Duc
ART Habens
I think every artist has certain “obsessions”
which are red threads running throughout
many of their works - sometimes consciously
and sometimes unconsciously. Such works as
"Happy Design" or "Broken Believer” clearly
reflect this aspect:
You can easily see that there are ominous
shapes looming and chaos in the work,
everything is intertwined. It flows like sewage
peppered with many rods stabbing into the
painting. It is also my personal feeling about
the current state of our living environment: a
loss of faith in the future and the lack of
respect for our habitat and natural
environment, which is being slowly
smothered by “progress”. Everything is sold
under the table for money, our resources
pimped by those in power.
It can be said that the key idea of this type of
painting, is "Garbage".
"Garbage" is not only an environmental
message but also cultural. You can see from
around 2016 until now I still harbor an image
of chaos in my paintings, with many things
mingling, overlapping each other.
In fact, this is a very difficult question to
answer. In a world of war, violence and
instability like today, what can art do, what
can art change?
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