Vietnam's largest art show appeal foreigners
11:15' 22/08/2006 (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge - The British Council, the Goethe Institute of Germany, the Viet Nam-Denmark Cultural Fund and the French Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City are the among major sponsors for an art project named "Saigon Open City," (SOC), which is slated to open soon.

The SOC project, the largest contemporary art exhibition in Vietnam so far, which lasts through 2008, includes three major art exhibitions on the contemporary art developments in Viet Nam as well in the world.

A series of cultural and art performances will take place throughout the country, from HCM City to the central city of Da Nang and Capital Hanoi in the north.

Under the guidance of two foreign curators, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Gridthiya Gaweewong, the first exhibition, themed Liberation, is due to kick off in HCM City on Nov. 25 with the participation of 50 local and foreign artists.

The event is also an opportunity for Vietnamese artists to exchange views with world big names such as Jean Luc Godard of France, Joseph Beuys of Germany and Chris Burden of the US.

The other exhibitions, named "Reunification" and "Reconstruction", are also under preparations in an effort to make contemporary art more popular, said a representative of the SOC company.

(Source: VNA)

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