Talk : Art in Collective
Guest: Curator Do Tuong Linh
Time: 15:00 - 17:00, Friday 1st September, 2023
Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA)
B1–R3, Vincom Mega Mall Royal City, 72A Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi.
VCCA is honored to host the talk: "Art in Collective” with the curator Do Tuong Linh.
In 2022, for the first time in world art history, an art collective from Indonesia ruangrupa takes the role of curating the Documenta (a prestigious contemporary art exhibition held once every five years in Kassel, Germany). In that same year, ruangrupa ranked number one in the Power 100 list of the most influential artists, innovators, gallery owners, and collectors worldwide. The tendency of art collective and art collaborations, particularly from regions outside Europe and North America, is rising. It was Documenta 15 where art collectives around the world have come together and made history. At the same time, in the heart of art centers, groups of Asian, African, and Latin American artists are emerging and making a strong impact, increasing the diversity and richness of the global art scene.
This presentation shared and introduced the historical context, art activities, and different art collective practice models drawn from six-month research in New York (with the support of the Asian Cultural Council) and two weeks in Indonesia about independent art collectives’ practice in 2023. There will be case studies from New York collectives such as Godzilla, Bernadette Corporation, 47 Canal, or CFGNY as well as Yogyakarta based artist collectives (The city is well known for having the most significant numbers of active art collectives in Indonesia.)
Do Tuong Linh is a curator, art researcher, writer based between Hanoi (Vietnam) and New York (USA). Linh holds a BA in Art History and theoretical criticism from Vietnam University of Fine Arts and a MA in Contemporary Art and Art Theory of Asia and Africa at SOAS (University of London). UK with the prestigious Alphawood scholarship. She is also a part of Bard Curatorial Studies program class of 2025 and is part of the curatorial team of 12th Berlin Biennial.
Linh has engaged in various art exhibitions and projects in Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Europe and beyond since 2005. She is a fellow researcher for Site and Space in Southeast Asia – a research project run by the Power Institute, University of Sydney, Australia funded by Getty Image Foundation, USA. She participated in many prestigious international cultural arts programs such as Asia Cultural Council research fellowship 2023, Ljubljana Graphic Art Biennial 2019, Slovenia; Association of Art Museum Curators conference, New York, USA; Mekong Cultural Hub 2018 – 2019, Taiwan; CIMAM International Museum Workshop 2018, Oslo, Norway; Asia Culture Center (Gwangju, Korea) 2018; Tate Intensive 2018, Tate Modern Museum, UK; French Encounter at Art Basel in Hong Kong 2018. … Some of her notable curated exhibitions include Citizen Earth 2020 (Hanoi, Vietnam), Dreaming about Landscapes (Mơ Art Space, Hanoi, Vietnam) 2020, The Foliage 3 & 4 (VCCA, Vincom Center for Contemporary Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam) 2019, Geo-Resilience of the All-world at La Colonie (Paris, France) 2018, No War, No Vietnam exhibition at Galerie Nord (Berlin, Germany) 2018, SEAcurrents (London, UK) 2017.
