Vietnamese artists to attend Carnegie International exhibition

A group of artists from Vietnam known as Art Labour and Joan Jonas will attend the 57th Carnegie International at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, the US.
Vietnamese artists to attend Carnegie International exhibition ảnh 1The Art Labor group with Thao Nguyen, Cong Tung and Arlette Quynh - Anh Tran (Photo: artnews.com)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - A group of artists from Vietnamknown as Art Labour and Joan Jonas will attend the 57th Carnegie Internationalat the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, the US.

The exhibition will run from October 13, 2018 until March 25,2019, focusing on the idea of the “international”, with works by 32 artists andcollectives from all over the world including Australia, the UK, the US, Japan,Pakistan and Palestine. The event will gather names such as Yuji Agematsu, ElAnatsui, Huma Bhabha, Mel Bochner, Mimi Cherono Ng’ok, Sarah Crowner, Alex DaCorte and Lucy Skaer.

The Carnegie Museum of Art was established in 1896 and hassince been a rendezvous point for contemporary artists from around the world.

The Art Labour group was formed in 2012 by painters Thao Nguyenand Cong Tung and curator Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran.

Jonas, based in New York, is a famed artist in performanceand video art. She has coordinated with Art Labour on various projects.

Art Labour, based in HCM City, work between visual arts andsocial and life sciences in order to produce alternative non-formal knowledgevia artistic and cultural activities in various public contexts. 

The collective has worked with an array of collaborators includinganthropologists, filmmakers, curators, writers, archivists, artists,ophthalmologists, patients and farmers.VNS/VNA
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