Exhibition Information

Exhibition view

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Exhibition view

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Exhibition view

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			Pace is pleased to present a solo exhibition of work by Huong Dodinh at its arts complex in Seoul.
On view from July 7 to August 19, this presentation will mark Dodinh’s debut solo show with the gallery and her first-ever solo exhibition in Asia. Titled VIE I VIDE, the upcoming exhibition will feature new paintings from the artist’s K.A. series. Dodinh seldom exhibits her art publicly, and VIE I VIDE will shine a spotlight on the artist’s unique practice and life’s work following decades of detachment from the mainstream art world.

Dodinh was born in Soc Trang, Vietnam in 1945. Forced to flee the country, her family sought refuge in Paris in 1953 after the outbreak of the First Indochina War. Dodinh has lived and worked in Paris ever since, cultivating a monastic, solitary life in service of her artistic pursuits. The artist’s exhibition in Seoul marks not only her first solo exhibition in Asia, but also a deeply personal return to the continent—Dodinh has only visited Vietnam one time since 1953, in 1993. The title of her forthcoming exhibition, VIE | VIDE, meaning “life | emptiness,” encapsulates the essence of Dodinh’s practice, which centers on light’s phenomenological nuances and collisions of contrasting elements, ideas, and histories—cycle of life, light and darkness, and East and West.
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