Bao Vuong (b.1978, Vietnam) was born in Vietnam in the late 1970s. When he was barely one year old, his parents were forced to flee the country by sea. Like thousands of boat people, he and his family wandered many long months in the open sea and moved from one refugee camp to another hoping to find a welcoming land. Eventually, they found asylum in France. They settled in the south of France, where he would later start his artistic education. Bao grew up with a sense of uprooting.
In his artistic practice, whether painting, installation, or performance, Bao tries to reconstruct buried memories by working with remembrance. In his black monochrome painting series entitled “The Crossing“, the viewer can see and experience the contemplation of “light in the darkness”. Between presence and absence, softness and roughness, the imaginary and the interpretation collide, leaving us to face ourselves and our history. In the distance, hope for a better future looms.
Bao is currently based in Brussels, Belgium. He works between France, Belgium, and Vietnam.
The Crossing 283
Bao Vuong
2024
Oil and acrylic, wax on canvas
116 x 89 cm
The Crossing 275
Bao Vuong
2024
Oil, acrylic, graphite powder, and incense ash on canvas
97 x 130 cm
The Crossing 258
Bao Vuong
2024
Oil, acrylic, graphite powder, and incense ash on canvas
150 x 150 cm
The Crossing 228
Bao Vuong
2024
Oil, acrylic, wax, graphite powder, and incense ash on canvas
54 x 65 cm
The Crossing 159
Bao Vuong
2023
Acrylic and oil paint, graphite powder and Vietnamese incense ash on canvas
81 x 116 cm (work)
86 x 121 cm (framed)
The Crossing 158
Bao Vuong
2023
Acrylic and oil paint, graphite powder and Vietnamese incense ash on canvas
60 x 73 cm (work)
65 x 78 cm (framed)
The Crossing 157
Bao Vuong
2023
Acrylic and oil paint on canvas
97 x 162 cm (work)
102 x 167 cm (framed)
The Crossing 156
Bao Vuong
2023
Acrylic and oil paint, graphite powder and Vietnamese incense ash on canvas
130 x 192 cm (work)
135 x 197 cm (framed)
Bao Vuong – Voyage Suspended
4 - 25 November 2023
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