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Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai - In Silence
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On entering the world of Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai we are provided with a sensorial experience - we find our fingers twitching to touch, our nostrils open to smell, our ears pricked to listen, and rub our eyes to see clearer. Black thorns encased in ice; medical gynecological instruments studded with sharp fake diamonds encased in glass boxes; or the ghostly blackened erasure of anonymous illegal Vietnamese migrants photographed in a rickety boat in Cambodia - in Mai's work the human body is the central point of reference, and her desired language to interpret her reality consists in triggering its...
On entering the world of Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai we are provided with a sensorial experience - we find our fingers twitching to touch, our nostrils open to smell, our ears pricked to listen, and rub our eyes to see clearer. Black thorns encased in ice; medical gynecological instruments studded with sharp fake diamonds encased in glass boxes; or the ghostly blackened erasure of anonymous illegal Vietnamese migrants photographed in a rickety boat in Cambodia - in Mai's work the human body is the central point of reference, and her desired language to interpret her reality consists in triggering its senses. - Zoe Butt This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition Another World by Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, International Studio Programme, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, March 4 to April 27, 2016. It appears in englisch and vietnamese.