🔥 Vietnamese Asian Modern Surrealist Calligraphy Paintings, Dao Anh Khanh

Description: This is a seldom seen and expressive pair of Vietnamese Asian Modern Surrealist Calligraphy Paintings (2), watercolor on rice paper, by renowned Hanoi based Vietnamese contemporary painter and performance artist, Dao Anh Khanh (b. 1959.) These works are untitled but depict women and human faces in various states of sorrow, anguish, and amusement. Each work is signed and dated: "Khanh 04" at the lower edge. An old paper label at the edge of one of the frames reads: "Dao Anh..." Additionally, a framer's label on each of the versos reads: "Montague Art Inc... Brooklyn Heights, N.Y." Each piece is approximately 21 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (including frame.) Actual artworks are approximately 16 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches. Very good condition, with no apparent damage or faults. The rice paper canvas is obviously very delicate, but they have been professionally framed in an archival manner to preserve them for years to come. Acquired from an affluent estate collection in Los Angeles, California. Original paintings by Dao Anh Khanh cost double what I am asking for two of them. He rarely ever appears on the secondary market and has probably never been listed on eBay before. Priced to Sell. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About the Artist: DAO ANH KHANH Dao Anh Khanh is a leading contemporary artist in Vietnam. Ironically, he worked as an undercover cop with the Censorship Police in Hanoi, before quitting his job to pursue his love for Art.Today, he's a renowned painter, sculptor, installation artist and performance artist, constantly pushing the boundaries for artistic and creative freedom in Vietnam.Khanh's paintings are surreal and revolve around the themes of nature, music, love and sex. BIOGRAPHY Birth Date and Place: 1959, Hanoi, VietnamGraduated from the Hanoi Police Academy, 1981.Graduated from the Hanoi Industrial Arts Academy, 1990.Member of Vietnam Fine Arts Association Dao Anh Khanh, a surrealist, is an internationally recognized leader among Asian artists who are breaking away from traditional, stylistic, and political constraints. His mind knows no limits, escaping to the outer reaches of the universe in search of tranquility, and finding explosions of renewed personal energy on the way. He is the consummate romanticist, hearing musical instruments and enchanting strains even in the most violent windstorms or disturbances at sea. Dao Anh Khanh is an avowed environmentalist, sculptor, performing artist, musician and painter. His paintings are in lacquer on canvas as well as lacquer on wood. PERFORMANCE & INSTALLATIONOctober, 1999: Studio Anh Khanh, HanoiNovember, 2000: Studio Anh Khanh, HanoiSummer 2001: performance for documentary on Contemporary Art in VietnamJuly, 2001: Center for Contemporary Art, HanoiSeptember, 2001: Asia Window in Art Center, HanoiWinter 2002: Biannual Contemporary Art Festival, Liverpool, LondonJuly, 2002: Nha Trang beachAugust, 2002: Studio Anh Khanh, HanoiJanuary, 2003: Dance Theater Workshop, New York City, U.S.A.February, 2003: “Dao Xuan I”, Studio Anh Khanh, HanoiSpring, 2003: Baden, SwitzerlandDecember, 2003: Performance festival, Hong KongAugust, 2004: Bates Dance Festival, Maine, U.S.A.February, 2004: “Dao Xuan II”, Studio Anh Khanh, HanoiNovember, 2004: opening of artists’ village, Dalat, VietnamFebruary, 2005: “Dao Xuan III”, Studio Anh Khanh, HanoiJune, 2005: Music performance for “Fete de la Musique,” French Cultural Center, HanoiJuly, 2005: Performance/installation with American choreographer, Stephan Koplowitz, at French Cultural Center, HanoiMarch – 2006 Dao Xuan 4 in studio Anh Khanh – Ngoc Thuy – Long Bien – Ha Noi.June – 2006 DTW(Dance theatre Workshop) New York City.March – 2006 Dao Xuan 4 in studio Anh Khanh – Ngoc Thuy – Long Bien – Ha Noi.Oct – 2006 Performance Barcelona – Spain.Nov – 2006 Performance “flight” for Saigon open city at studio Anh Khanh – Ha Noi. EXHIBITIONSSeptember, 1990: Hanoi Exhibition House, Hang BaiOctober, 1991: Studio Anh Khanh, HanoiSummer 1992: Studio Anh Khanh, HanoiAutumn 1993: Hanoi Exhibition House, Ngo QuyenWinter 1993: Ho Chi Minh City Art CenterMarch, 1995: (4 artists) Hanoi Exhibition House, Hang BaiJune, 1995: Paris, France, Vietnam Cultural HouseOctober, 1995: Beijing, China, Vietnamese Art ExhibitWinter 1996: Jakarta, Indonesia, galleryMarch, 1997: New York, U.S.A., Alliance FrancaiseMay, 1997: Boston, U.S.A., University galleryJune, 1997: Palm Springs, California, U.S.A., gallery1998: Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Meridian International Center1998: New London, CT U.S.A., gallery2003: Hanoi, Melia HotelSeptember, 2004: Baden, Switzerland, “Art Hotel”May, 2006: New York CityApril, 2007: HanoiMarch – 2007 Dao xuan 5 in studio Anh Khanh – Ngoc Thuy – Long Bien – Ha Noi.April – 2007 Performance in National convention hall – Ha Noi.May – 2007 Private show for former Prime Minister Gerhard Schroeder in studio Anh Khanh.June – 2007 Performance in Opera house Ha Noi. Anh Khanh, born 1959, VietnamGraduated from the Industrial Arts College, Hanoi, Vietnam.Member of Vietnam Fine Arts Association.Anh Khanh, a surrealist, is becoming an internationally recognized leader among the young Asian artists who are breaking with all traditional stylistic and political constraints. His mind knows no limits, escaping to the outer reaches of the universe in search of tranquility, and there also finding explosions of renewed personal energy. He is the consummate romanticist, finding musical instruments and hearing enchanting strains even in the most violent interplanetary windstorms or disturbances at sea. While he paints predominantly in oils, his real elements are the music of the universe, coupled with unbridled forces of nature -- wind, sea, fire and desolate space. "I am searching and looking for the limitlessness of the universe, so in a way I feel in my heart that I am a long traveler in that universe. That is where I find that humanity is larger than myself." With visual arts, Khánh aspires to reach the musical world with each of his strokes. Both classical and modern masterpieces, Eastern and Western, touch him deeply in his intellect. Launching into a creative mode by the sounds of music, he would allow time and space to freeze, as if guided by an invisible hand into a trance, from where he creates a world filled with pureness, mystery and magic. “Of all the people I’ve met in my life, Anh Khánh is one of the most interesting, outside the box people I’ve met.” Tom Linzmeier, owner, Two Tigers Gallery. DAO Anh Khánh, a surrealist, is an internationally recognized leader among Asian artists who are breaking away from traditional, stylistic, and political constraints. His mind knows no limits, escaping to the outer reaches of the universe in search of tranquility, and finding explosions of renewed personal energy on the way. He is the consummate romanticist, hearing musical instruments and enchanting strains even in the most violent windstorms or disturbances at sea. DAO Anh Khánh is an avowed environmentalist, sculptor, performing artist, musician and painter. His paintings are in lacquer on canvas, as well as lacquer on wood. DAO Anh Khánh is a surrealist painter and performance artist. He moves easily between painting canvasses featuring dripping watches reminiscent of Salvador Dali and painting himself white and dancing for hours to his own highly individual style of improvised singing. Before becoming an artist, Khánh spent 18 years in the police force - most of which he served in the cultural police, where his job was to monitor artists and enforce state guidelines. In spite of his previous role, Khánh's art is now noted for pushing political and stylistic boundaries. A farewell to art: Đào Anh Khánh and his grand finaleStood erect in a valley some 50km from Ha Noi are three sculptures made from concrete that resemble three giant penises.Twenty-five metres tall and painted half white, half grey, they are the trademarks of Gam Troi Valley, a 10ha area in Hoa Binh Province where one of Viet Nam’s biggest and most-anticipated events of the year is taking place this weekend.Dao Xuan Chin, roughly translated as ‘New Year Meeting Number Nine’, is the ninth edition of a series of art festivals called Dao Xuan held by Vietnamese contemporary artist Dao Anh Khanh at the beginning of the year over the past 20 years.It is the biggest and the last of its kind, as the artist said this would be the last time Dao Xuan would be held. Known as the weirdest and most outstanding performance artist in Viet Nam, Khanh has an obsession for symbols of fertility.He envisioned 25 male genitals adorning his beloved valley, the land he bought 20 years ago, which has now been turned into a space that connects humans, art and nature.For about 15,000 visitors, this weekend is the opportunity to enjoy hundreds of performances, dancing, music, installation art, body painting, sculptures and other art activities offered by 300 international and local artists for free.For Khanh this is his dream come true, but it’s time for him to start a new, quieter journey.“I have found other areas in life that I would like to focus on in the time I have left, which requires as much investment as I have made for the Dao Xuan series,” he said at a press meeting prior to the festival.“Dao Xuan Chin is the peak of everything I have been striving to do over the past 10 years to turn my dreams into a reality. It has been a difficult process, not only in terms of intellectual investment and physical requirement but also financial capacity.”Even though his artistic journey does not end here, he would like to spend time getting to know himself better, Khanh said.If Dao Xuan is one long performance with which Khanh has made a name for himself, Dao Xuan Chin is his grand finale. And he sure wants to be remembered for it. Looking at Khanh feels like watching Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. He is peculiar in every way, and in a good way.Long-haired and most of the time dressed in tight clothing with paint stains on his fingernails, he gives off the impression more of a house painter than an artist.When he talks about nature – his inspiration – he talks about things like ‘energy from the universe’, ‘power of nature’, ‘the magical language of nature’.His performing style strangely resembles Yoko Ono in “Cut Piece” (1965) and Marina Abramovich in “Rhythm 0” (1974) in a sense that the artist was vulnerable to the public throughout the performance.He didn’t go to the extreme and let people cut off pieces of his clothes or let them do what they wanted to him, but often with his eyes closed, his body moving to the music and incomprehensible murmurs coming out of his mouth, the audience could feel he was letting loose and letting go of the basic instincts of self-defence.But as contemporary performing art is still new in Viet Nam, Khanh’s performances did not receive high praise from the majority of the public.They were often characterised as ‘weird’, ‘strange’ and ‘incomprehensible’. And Khanh’s name and the adjective ‘crazy’ go in hand like a cute couple in the Vietnamese media. In 2003 he was detained by police in the middle of a fire performance by Hoan Kiem Lake in Ha Noi for performing without a licence or ensuring his own safety.In 2012 he took a whole day to walk around the lake, moving only one centimeter with each step.In 2013 he and his colleagues were shooed away by farmers while performing in the Middle Island of the Red River, because they were blocking the way and destroying their crops.But as his good musician friend Le Minh Son put it, Khanh’s craziness is ‘fake’ and he has ‘the soundest mind of them all’. Khanh knows he is crazy and owns it.He said: “For artists, to be able to find something they can be proud of is a victory which comes at a great cost. It requires immeasurable effort to create something that tells the world who they are and conveys their finest qualities.“What people often consider ‘weird’ and ‘strange’ depends on different perspectives. Such things can come from the artists themselves who want to create something they can feel proud to claim as their own. And whether the public says it is ‘weird’ or ‘strange’ depends on their awareness, knowledge and cultural backgrounds, which most of the time have not reached a level where they can appreciate the emotions, information and artistic values that artists want to convey.“Weirdness is not a provocation. It is a motive, a development purpose of art and artists.”At 60, Khanh has had 20-odd years of practising art.For him art is larger than life and it is what makes life worthwhile.“Some say art is life. That’s not wrong, but for me art rises above life thanks to its fierceness and its power and ability to lead the soul,” he said.“Pioneering and innovation is essential in every field, but I want to emphasise the positivists, strangeness and uniqueness of art because without it we would exist just as some dull, still boring curtains.“Life may be art in itself, I know, but true art must rise above life so that it can take the human soul to new places. Because our need to feel, to enjoy, is endless.”"I don’t want young artists to see me as a role model and do what I have done because everyone is different," he said.“One important lesson I learned after all these years is to always stay true to your soul, and always strive toward having a beautiful soul.“Offer people only what is really, truly, strongly yours. Don’t even think about giving millions of people what you don’t have and don’t love, because that’s faking it.”Staying true to himself is what earns Khanh respect from his fellow artists in and out of Viet Nam.Japanese sound artist Kazehito Seki, music curator of Dao Xuan Chin, said: “[Khanh] is a really unpredictable guy. Like noise. Like contemporary art itself. He is really art.”Dao Xuan Chin is coming to an end, but Khanh and his art will always be something to remember, even if just as a big question mark to the general public.That’s not necessarily a bad thing, because art is not meant to be understood. It is meant for one to question oneself and to know of other ways of being, of seeing things. — VNS CONTROVERSY PRIOR TO DAO ANH KHGANH'S SHOWWith only hours left before avant-guard artist Dao Anh Khanh’s final show, Dao Xuan Chin, the ninth in a series of events that take place every spring, may have the plug pulled on it.Viet Nam News reporters travelled to Gam Troi Valley to attend a press briefing and interview the artists, and hours before we go to print, news from the Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism in Hoa Binh Province, where the performance is scheduled to take place, said the organizers had not been granted a licence.An exhibition titled Dao Xuan Chin, an international arts festival, one activity included in the 24-hour show, had received a licence from the Department of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Culture and Information, which is responsible for providing licences for public performances. On January 30, Dao Anh Khanh and his Ky Phat Trading and Service Company submitted an application for a Music and Performance Festival License for March 23-24, 2019.On March 19, the department received a letter dated March 14 from the same company withdrawing the application, saying the event would be a celebration of the artist’s 60th birthday and would not involve music performances.But Hoa Binh authorities were quoted as saying they needed the artist to present a licence for a large gathering of people and for activities that would take place past 10pm. Dao Anh Khanh’s first solo exhibition displays 500 paintingsVietNamNet Bridge – Dao Anh Khanh is well known for being one of the leading artists of contemporary Vietnamese art. He has showed his paintings in 15 countries but "Tran" is his first solo exhibition in Vietnam.VietNamNet Bridge – Dao Anh Khanh is well known for being one of the leading artists of contemporary Vietnamese art. He has showed his paintings in 15 countries but "Tran" is his first solo exhibition in Vietnam. The exhibition will be held December 5-10 at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.More than 500 surrealist and abstract paintings, most of them created in 2014, will feature the hourly and daily movements of Khanh’s mind about his ceaseless passion – love.Khanh’s contemporary art program "Dao Xuan” has attracted the participation of many local and international artists. Khanh temporarily ceased “Dao Xuan” to perform the art project "Gam Troi Valley” (2009-2014).The works on display at the exhibition "Tran" are also part of a contemporary art project. This project features large scale sculptures and installation arts, in his valley at Luong Son in Hoa Binh, Vietnam.Additionally, to his achievements in the contemporary arts, Khanh has held many international exhibitions, spanning 15 different countries, including the US, UK, France, Switzerland, Spain and China. Khanh and his works have been featured on the BBC, Discovery Channel, NHK and New York Times. He was also promoted by Asia Art magazine as the most active artist, and The Word Magazine voted him as ‘Man of the Year in 2010’ as part of its 1000-year celebration of Hanoi’s founding.

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