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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 Exhibitions:
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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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Viet Tran Biography:
| Biographical information for Viet Tran can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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57
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
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| Children |
99
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Collage
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Contemporary Art - (Now)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
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| Favorite Work of Art |
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Tran has a very unique technique which he calls "paint with paper". He uses only torn colours from magazines and acrylic glue. The work is finally applied with a thick anti-UV coat. To create the "painting effect" for each collage, Tran patiently glues many layers of thousands of tiny pieces directly ripped from magazines on paperboard. Tran does not apply any other media on the collages, except black ink for his signature.
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Viet Tran, a self-taught artist - escaped from Vietnam by boat to Indonesia in 1985. During his two years in the Galang Refugee camp, Tran used collage as an art therapy. He tore color papers from magazines for his collages. The artist does not apply other type of paint or media on his collage.
EXHIBTIONS
Solo shows:
1988 X-Changes Gallery, Victoria, BC
1991 University of Victoria
2008 Public Library, Victoria
2008 CAC Art Gallery, Victoria
Group Shows:
1988 X-Changes Gallery
1989 X-Changes Gallery
1990 BC Royal Museum
Participation in every “I is for Immigrant” Annual Art Shows since 1990
REVIEWS:
*onday Magazine - Art Therapy by Frank Nowosad
Timers-Colonist - Art is Where You Find It by Robert Amos.
-Torn Paper Art Reflected Refugee Heart.
Art Comment: “I find your work to be extremely moving and powerful as well as very beautiful” by Astri Wright Author of Soul, Spirit, and Mountain: Preoccupations of Indonesian Painters, Kuala Lumpur, New York: Oxford University Press, 1994
Video - One of three artists featuring in the movie “Art of Survivals.
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