Galerie Quynh Wins the 2024 Frieze Seoul Stand Prize
An international jury of directors and curators awarded the Ho Chi Minh City-based gallery for its solo presentation by Tuan Andrew Nguyen
An international jury of directors and curators awarded the Ho Chi Minh City-based gallery for its solo presentation by Tuan Andrew Nguyen
The Ho Chi Minh City-based gallery Galerie Quynh is the winner of the 2024 Frieze Seoul Stand Prize in recognition of their solo booth featuring an installation by Vietnamese-American artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen.
Nguyen’s presentation was selected by a jury of institutional directors and curators comprising Christopher Lew, Wassan Al-Khudhairi and Victoria Sung.
About Galerie Quynh’s Presentation
Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s solo show at the fair comprises new sculptures related to his film The Unburied Sounds of a Troubled Horizon (2022).
The film explores the legacy effects of UXO (unexploded ordnance) in Quang Tri, Vietnam – the world’s most heavily bombed region in the history of human warfare. The film weaves historical tragedy with the imaginative powers of art and the possibilities of reincarnation to explore ways of transformative healing. The film was presented in Tuan’s solo show at The New Museum (New York) in 2023, along with sculptures related to the film.
Galerie Quyh’s booth displays sculptures created out of brass artillery shell casings and tuned to different healing frequencies. The large sculpture is played at intervals during the fair.
About Tuan Andrew Nguyen
Tuan Andrew Nguyen (b. 1976, Saigon; lives and works Ho Chí Minh) explores the power of memory and its potential to act as a form of political resistance. His practice is fuelled by research and a commitment to communities that have faced traumas caused by colonialism, war and displacement.
Nguyen received a BFA from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and an MFA from The California Institute of the Arts in 2004. Nguyen has received several awards in both film and visual arts, including an Art Matters grant in 2010 and a VIA Art Fund grant. He presented a major solo exhibition at the New Museum, New York, in 2023. His work has been included in several international exhibitions including the Asia Pacific Triennial 2006, the Whitney Biennial 2017, the Sharjah Biennial 2019 and Berlin Biennale 2022.
Explore Galerie Quynh’s Presentation on Frieze Viewing Room
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Frieze Seoul, COEX, 4 – 7 September 2024.
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