“VIE ｜ VIDE” Installation view at Pace Gallery Seoul ©Huong DodinhPace Gallery Seoul is pleased to present VIE ｜ VIDE, the first solo exhibition in Asia by Vietnamese-French artist Huong Dodinh (b. 1945).
Dodinh’s work is characterized by minimalist compositions, and her paintings are based on three concepts: light, density, and transparency. She visualizes the phenomenological sense of light and the collision of conflicting histories, ideas, and elements. It is embodied through the fluid lines and forms in her paintings. Also, she engages in the entire process of sourcing pigments to painting them on canvas, deepening her work’s quality. This exhibition focuses on her ‘K.A’ series from the 2000s. With delicate geometric elements placed against translucent backgrounds, the series is representative of her tendency to play with light and depth.
Dodinh fled Vietnam after the First Indochina War in 1953 and has lived in France ever since, returning to Asia only once. For the artist, this exhibition is thus a personal return to her continent. “Art is a process of opening oneself to others,” she said, and the exhibition will showcase works that blur the lines between life and art.
