Thao Nguyen Phan's First Italian Solo Exhibition at Hangar Milano

Vietnamese artist Thao Nguyen Phan, born in 1987 in Ho Chi Minh City, has launched her first solo exhibition in Italy at Hangar, Milan. The showcase includes a variety of mediums such as video, silk and lacquer watercolors, sculptures, drawings, and installations that delve into Vietnam's historical environmental and social transformations since the wars of independence (1940-1975). Notable pieces comprise the three-channel video 'First Rain, Brise-Soleil' (2021–ongoing) and 'Becoming Alluvium' (2019–ongoing). Additionally, 'No Jute Cloth for the Bones' (2019–2023) addresses the Great Famine during the Japanese occupation. The exhibition pays tribute to Diem Phung Thi (1920–2002) with 'Reincarnations of Shadows' (2023), reflecting Phan's ongoing narrative style.