Like embroidery, fiber art uses thread to create colors and shapes for works, but fiber art is not embroidery. Based on foreign works, artist Thao Nguyen Phuong has researched and found out techniques to use thread to create his own art.

Studying industrial fine arts, loving painting and refusing to follow the beaten path, Thao Nguyen Phuong found a way to layer threads in colors to create the desired visual effect and then sew them into paintings. Her paintings use needles as brushes and threads as colors.

Exhibition "Fiber".  

To complete each painting in this exhibition, Thao Nguyen Phuong took an average of 5 to 7 months, some took up to nearly 3 years. For nearly 10 years, Thao Nguyen Phuong self-studied, experimented, made mistakes and corrected them to find her own language. The artist's first exhibition is the result of nearly 10 years of pursuing that passion.

The exhibition “Sôi” takes viewers through four spaces, corresponding to the stages of maturity in the artist’s creative journey. The first is “Dang bất kỳ”, where unfinished works, tangled threads, and misaligned stitches are displayed. Next is “Kẻ lên”, a space marking the process of learning and practicing. Moving on to “Đế tự”, viewers begin to clearly hear her own voice – stronger, more instinctive. The layers of threads overlapping each other create the feeling of self-woven emotional patches, intersecting the boundaries between reality and memory. Finally, “Khổ sinh” is where she displays her most complete works – the crystallization of 2.5 years of diligent hand-sewing. This is a manifesto space: A new beginning - where she looks back on the entire journey and proudly declares that she has chosen the right path.

This exhibition, which runs until November 7, is considered a pioneering mark of fiber art in Vietnam.

: TRI QUANG

    Source: https://www.qdnd.vn/van-hoa/doi-song/trien-lam-loai-hinh-nghe-thuat-moi-voi-soi-chi-912780