Excerpt: Like skin, like earth, In response to Hà My Nguyễn’s solo exhibition at Galerie Bao
Hà My Nguyễn, Flesh and Leaf, Sap and Seed, exhibition views, by Tiphaine Babonneau, courtesy of Bao Gallery.
Excerpt: Like skin, like earth
By Trương Minh Quý,
In response to Hà My Nguyễn’s solo exhibition at Galerie Bao.
Here is an excerpt from the exhibition text written by Trương Minh Quý for Hà My Nguyễn’s solo exhibition Flesh and Leaf, Sap and Seed (2026) at Galerie Bao, Paris.
At first glance, Hà My (Nguyễn)’s ceramic sculptures invite our focus to what tears through the fragile ceramic skin, bursting outward toward us: thorns, vines, fruits, seeds or tumors. As we linger, our gaze gradually follows them down to their roots, weaving through the cuts and delving deep beneath the ceramic surface. This shift in perspective amusingly implies both a sense of physical intimacy and a clinical observation. What is inside, and beneath, that skin? It is perhaps a murky space, at times dense, at other times shimmering with the artist’s nostalgia.
It is perhaps a reservoir of fertility and expectation fraught with care and anxiety; or a sac of fluid from festering wounds that induce shivering, burning fevers.Convaincues de la richesse de la création pluridisciplinaire aujourd’hui et de l’innovation qu’elle génère, les SUBS accompagnent et soutiennent des personnalités qui déploient une trajectoire artistique en dehors des cadres habituels du spectacle vivant et créent des formes hybrides. (…)
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