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Thao Nguyen Phan, First Rain, Brise Soleil, (video still), 2021–ongoing. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Zink, Waldkirchen. Made with the support of the Han Nefkens Art Foundation and Tate St Ives
Exhibition
Thao Nguyen Phan
5 Feb 2022 – 2 May 2022
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
£10.50 (Concessions available)
Address
- Porthmeor Beach
- St Ives
- TR26 1TG
- United Kingdom
Discover artist Thao Nguyen Phan and her work reflecting on the Mekong River.
About
Thao Nguyen Phan is internationally renowned for her poetic, multi-layered artworks which explore the historical and ecological issues facing her homeland Vietnam, while speaking to broader ideas around tradition, ideology, ritual and environmental change.
Phan’s mesmerising work intertwines mythology and folklore with urgent issues around industrialisation, food security and the environment. The threat posed by the destruction and excessive consumption of Earth’s resources is a recurring theme across her practice.
Through storytelling, and the mixing of official and unofficial histories, her work often amplifies narratives that are less well documented, or in some cases obscured.
This exhibition will bring together a selection of Phan’s videos, paintings and sculptures from the past five years, alongside new work exhibited for the first time. This includes First Rain, Brise Soleil (2021–ongoing), a major new multi-channel film commission, and an accompanying series of paintings.
