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Artist Statement:
Art viewers normally get lost
in abstract paintings in
general, the figures in Tran’s
collages were intended to
serve as a focus point to lead
viewers to a broad and
uncluttered perspective of the
chaotic and abstract
background of these collages.
Tran tried to generate
viewers’ curiosity, feelings,
and interpretation about
movements and activities from
these collages.
Tran’s collages give viewers
an illusion that they were
painted in oil or acrylic.
Unlike painters who have total
freedom of selecting and
creating colour palette for
their paintings, Tran does not
apply any type of paint on his
collage. Therefore, he depends
strictly on colours from
magazines. Tran enjoys the
unconventional process of
manipulating colour and
unpredictable outcome. Each
collage is unique, because it
can neither be cloned nor
recreated even by the artist
himself.
Tran’s art reflects his
confusion from dualistic
concept of Yin and Yang, Dream
and Reality, Sanity and
Insanity, Suffering and
Happiness, etc.
An art viewer may take a close
look at Tran’s collages to
detect movements, a chaotic
world of colors, and shapes
from messy layers of pieces of
ripped magazines rebelliously
fighting against each other.
However, as the art viewer
slowly steps ...
Further Information
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Exhibitions for Viet Tran:
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Coming Solo Show
Title: Five Elements
A series of 28 nude collage
CACGV Gallery, Greater Victoria, BC, Canada
June 26 to July 9 2008
More info.
Email: vietcanada4@hotmail.com
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