The “Chloris” exhibition promotes artisanal techniques

The “Chloris” exhibition will be inaugurated on September 16 at Vy Gallery, 1^er district, Ho Chi Minh City. The exhibition will present the works of Pham Tuân Ngoc made with a completely new photographic technique in Vietnam: lumen printing.

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“Chloris” will be the 2^e individual exhibition of the artist Pham Tuân Ngoc which marks his progress in the process of research and discovery on materials sensitive to the light of artisanal photography. The result is materialized by unique works of art with magnificent visual effects.

The artist has experimented with difficult or unpopular techniques. This helps to preserve the classic methods while pushing the limits and promoting the development of photography. Tuân Ngoc always emphasizes the close combination between ingenious manual techniques, material craftsmanship and artistic concept when creating. The works presented at “Chloris” reflect its guiding principles.

The image of Chloris flowers is the source of inspiration for the artist in this exhibition.

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For this exhibition, Pham Tuân Ngoc used Lumen printing. This technique makes it possible to take photographs without a camera, using the sun’s UV rays. Natural materials like flowers, leaves are immortalized and become works of art. In the darkroom, these natural materials, after picking, are placed on photographic paper, then this creation is exposed to the sun. And the result? It is the imprint of plant arrangements left on paper. Finally, just scan the prints to see the finished artwork.

The image of Chloris flowers is the source of inspiration for the artist in this exhibition. Chloris is considered the goddess of flowers in Greek mythology. Without the use of cameras, the works are the result of the process of interaction of real flowers on paper covered with silver chloride.

The artist wants to immortalize the beauty of flowers.

Pham Tuan Ngoc/CVN

The photos are divided into two parts: Immortality and Reincarnation. “By death, the soul of the flowers leaves the fragile and precarious petals to be immortalized on the photo paper“, explains Pham Tuân Ngoc. The flowers are installed on photo papers and are then exposed to the sun. Depending on the heat, the drying time, the humidity, the wind and even the passage of clouds, the flowers create different images. and interesting.

Made on black and white photo paper, the works made with Lumen printing offer a lot of colors. The visual effects produced by this technique are also extremely diverse and difficult to achieve by any other painting or printing technique. Sometimes the images are clear like those of X-rays. Sometimes the works give the impression that the flowers are sinking into a fog.

The artist has experimented with difficult or unpopular techniques.

Pham Tuan Ngoc/CVN

The artist has experimented with difficult or unpopular techniques. The artist has experimented with difficult or unpopular techniques. If the “Immortality” part is an effort to preserve the fragile beauty of flowers by fossilizing the flowers on the photo paper, the “Reincarnation” part is the process of reviving the flowers in a new bodily form. As in the philosophy of metempsychosis, all things can be resurrected or reincarnated in any form like how the mysterious phoenix burns and rises from the ashes.

Born in 1982, Pham Tuân Ngoc is a photographer, artist, expert in artisanal printing. He is the founder of Noirfoto Darkroom-Gallery, a studio reserved for artistic photography. At the same time, he also assumes the role of teacher or speaker at meetings, workshops, etc.

Closing of the exhibition: September 30.

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