{"id":1431,"date":"2026-04-01T16:05:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theartdeal.com\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:06:15","slug":"the-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theartdeal.com\/vi\/the-crossing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7702c84b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:calc( 0.5 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)));padding-right:var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal));padding-bottom:calc( 0.5 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)));padding-left:var(--wp--style--root--padding-left, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal))\">\n<div style=\"height:calc( 0.25 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)))\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:3%;padding-right:0%;padding-bottom:10%;padding-left:5%;min-height:415px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-419 size-full has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/theartdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/36926469_1051891381651382_544519016098562048_n.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-contrast-light-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-4eb7f143 wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:calc( 0.25 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)))\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-contrast-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a4b8659237e42ff027368c57f191b142 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-extra-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Project type<\/strong><br>Curating; Painting, Sculpture and Performances<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-extra-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date<\/strong><br>07.06.2018 \u2013 30.09.2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-extra-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Location<\/strong><br>Arts-Ventures Gallery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Crossing is a deeply personal solo exhibition by Vietnamese-French artist B\u1ea3o V\u01b0\u01a1ng, reflecting on inherited memory, displacement, and the enduring traces of exile. Rooted in his family\u2019s harrowing escape from postwar Vietnam as boat people in the late 1970s, the exhibition meditates on identity through monochrome paintings, immersive installations, and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through heavy black pigment, layered until near-collapse, B\u1ea3o\u2019s paintings evoke the void and violence of open seas\u2014spaces of both danger and fragile hope. At the heart of the exhibition, a sculptural installation of water-filled jars containing floating images\u2014some personal, some anonymous\u2014embodies the fragile boundaries between remembrance and erasure, selfhood and statistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born in Vietnam and raised in France, B\u1ea3o\u2019s practice transcends borders and media, engaging with themes of loss, memory, and belonging. The Crossing is not only a tribute to his family\u2019s journey but also a resonant gesture of solidarity with displaced communities everywhere. \u201cArt,\u201d he states, \u201cmust be engaged. 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