With “Zen”, Truong Tien Tra invites us to meditate through a series of minimal paintings that create a sense of peace and serenity. The young, talented and modest artist dedicates the exhibition of oil on canvas to his spiritual adventure which he expresses through the simplicity of forms and the harmony he finds in nature. A bird, or a stone, is sufficient to restore equilibrium, rest in this raging world. By circumventing all pain and obsession with the past, letting go of what does not belong to us, dark hues and disfigured forms of life, we will finally learn to write our own history. Born in 1979 in Thanh Hoa, the talented painter Truong Tien Tra is a graduate of the Hanoi Fine Arts University and the Surikov Moscow Art Institute (Russia). Having always been fascinated by the lives of those living on the margins of society, Tra observes them with great sympathy and exquisitely conveys their stories into his works. Oil paint was commonly used by the artist, however, recently he has become more interested in using traditional materials and techniques such as lacquer, silver-leaf etching, metal work etc.
Truong Tien Tra’s artworks have been exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions in Hanoi, Moscow (Russia), Cheongju (South Korea)…
Exhibition “Zen” by Truong Tien Tra will open on 17 Feb and be on display until 19 Mar 2017 at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi.