Charlottenborg Live x Thao Nguyen Phan

Experience the first solo exhibition with the world-renowned artist Thao Nguyen Phan.

The exhibition opens on the same day as one of the world’s largest documentary film festivals, CPH:DOX, which again has its festival center at Kunsthal Charlottenborg. This is celebrated with the year’s first edition of Charlottenborg Live:

Wednesday 13 March, 17.00-20.00

PROGRAM
16.00-17.30: Drinks in Apollo Bar, Negroni DKK 60
17.00-20.00: Free admission to Kunsthal Charlottenborg
17.00-18.00: Talk with Thao Nguyen Phan
18.00-20.00: Exhibition opening of Reincarnations of Shadows
18.00-20.00: DJ Aida Mai, the bar is open

About the exhibition:
Through more than 100 works from the past 10 years, the solo exhibition with the Vietnamese artist Thao Nguyen Phan will present the artist’s delicate and captivating oeuvre to the visitors including poetic film installations, meticulously executed silk and lacquer paintings, light sculptures, delicate watercolours and architectural interventions.

In her videos, painting comes alive, creating a dreamlike imagery in which folk traditions, fairytale narratives, literature, philosophy, and everyday life merge. The artist traces Vietnam’s turbulent historical events, reflecting on environmental and social changes related to human impact, such as the exploitation of natural resources and the destruction and colonization of the landscape. Further info about the exhibition here.

Thao Nguyen Phan (b. 1987, Ho Chi Minh City; lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City) has latest exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in international institutions including Pirelli HangarBicocca (2023), 59. Venice Art Biennale (2022), Tate St Ives (2022). In 2016-17, she was included among the Protegée Rolex, accompanied by Joan Jonas as a mentor, among the most recognized living artists and performers, and won the Han Nefkens Foundation – LOOP Barcelona Video Art Award 2018. In addition, she is co-founder of the Art Labor collective in Ho Chi Minh City, which explores interdisciplinary practices and develops art projects to benefit the local Vietnamese community.