SAT/31st March, ̉from 6pm. Opening Ceremony Painting exhibition, DUC LOI SAI GON ART CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE JOINT STOCK COMPANY by Nguyen Duc Loi & Radek Stypcznski

 

After a student exchange project brought the two artists together for the first time in 2003, Radek and Loi decided to collaborate their ideas to deliver a series of paintings in 2010 under the banner of the Duc Loi Sai Gon Art Construction & Maintenance Joint Stock Company. Inspired by Vietnamese architecture and urban landscapes, the paintings were produced using Vietnamese lacquer, masking tape and Swedish preservatives, with the aim to deliver a new take on traditional Vietnamese lacquer paintings.

For more information about the project, go to www.ducloisgn.tumblr.com.

PAINTING EXHIBITION 31/03>>28/04 Tu>Sat 5/11pm
OPENING Sat 31st March 2012, ̉from 6pm

Sat 24th/March from 7pm la 4uatrieme presents... UK DJ OLIVER HOLMES spinning a mix of world music & the UK undreground electronic scene...

10th/03 at 7pm>>>>Opening Photo Exhibition LOST IN THE CONCRETE JUNGLE by Chin-Yee Wong at la 4uatrieme.

Opening Reception: Sat, March 10th, 7pm – 11pm
Art Talk: Friday, March 30th, 8pm
Exhibition: March 13th – March 30th (Tu-Sat 5pm-11pm)

LOST IN THE CONCRETE JUNGLE

The economic and social changes are transforming our cities and our traditional way of life. Economic globalization, cultural homogenization, technological and scientific progress, environmental risks, etc., are not neutral and isolated phenomena, they have social, economic and political, local and global consecuences and in turn raise new needs and dilemmas.

The photographs that Chin Yee has selected for Lost In The Concrete Jungle attempt to show this and other implications of urbanization; as our surroundings become increasinly urbanized, we are exposed to the risk of turing into isolated, faceless subjects trapped in mazes of ultra-planned physical and social realities.

Chin-Yee Wong is an urbanist working in the field of sustainable urban development. An avid photographer, capturing urban dynamics and the interaction between people and spaces became his love and medium of expression.  His constant search for diverse and vibrant urbanism has brought him and his cameras to disparate corners in Asia and Latin America.