Chung Nguyen Van
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW from Chinese ideogram , while I do not know a Chinese word . Sometimes people are confused I am Chinese , and I am very happy .
It would seem that much of your work is designed to provoke an intellectual , nonnarrative response : in particular , when we look at No . 11 , we are struck by the atmosphere suggested by the combination between darkness and bright tones that saturate the canvass . Is this a reflection of you ? Can you describe how this darkness that appears in your work connects to you personally ?
Continue with the question , indeed , I think that the critic will answer maybe more perfect . When I draw , I don ’ t impose . As number 11 , I draw like the child holding stick to draw on the sand , and as I mentioned in the above , why you like , this is invisible power in mine , it continuously flow on the brush . It only needs one time to complete the work . The good thing of abstract likes that , it makes you like because it can touch your emotion . Nature of calligraphy language is always mysterious . Like me or calligrapher , if enjoying this work , it will see a different side . This is the brushstroke , speed of brush , and imagination of performer , continuously I also reveal : draw very fast , I draw this work maybe less than 5 minutes . Stylish viewers will realize , this is a secret that other materials don ’ t have it . As you see , imagine the dark and light , this is a good thing , anybody imagine anything it is okay . As I look at a great painting with large format , I feel that I lost in a church .
The effective combination between both intense nuances of tones sums up the mixture of struggle and emotions . How much does your own psychological makeup determine the nuances of tones you decide to use in a piece and in particular , how do you develop a painting ’ s texture ? Moreover , how did you think about your style — your choices of composition and palette ?
The combination comes from many things , my power , simplicity , influence , admiration for famous artists . But to success is emotion , and from influence that have to find out the own thing . Like me , I very like the work of Jackson Pollock , Willem De Kooning , Piet Mondrian …. especially Mark Rothko . For example , I very like Mark ’ s work , simple but very complicated . I very like it but I don ’ t permit myself to draw like him . The influence is quite clear in 2011 when I draw by many colors .