Through a continued exploration of the liminal space, of sky and clouds, Floating in the Nothingness presents a unique perspective between both places and moments in time. Installed at Château La Coste in the Richard Rogers Gallery, a 26-metre cantilevered building reaching out from the French hillside , Tia-Thuỷ Nguyễn's exhibition instils a sense of looking above the clouds, offering a link between heaven and earth, between the real and the celestial.
FLOATING IN THE NOTHINGNESS (2022)
“The cloud travels to nowhere but goes everywhere. It is not a conqueror but it flows above everything else. You cannot fight it, you cannot own it”
These works on canvas have thousands of sequins and beads sewn directly onto the surface. Rays of sunlight hit the surface of the works and the beads and sequins dazzle and dance, as if animated, so that no two viewing experiences are the same. This technique has roots in the artist's work as a fashion designer, the richness of the textures offer a tactile dimension to the canvases, giving volume to the forms imagined by the artist.
"The cloud travels to nowhere but goes everywhere. It is not a conqueror, but it flows above everything else. You cannot fight it, you cannot own it."
- Tia-Thuỷ Nguyễn
I MY ME CLOUD
by Tia-Thuy Nguyen