Van Son Le – lacquer painting

Van Son Le is a Vietnamese artist living in Germany. In his works, Le combines the traditional art of lacquer painting with modernist formal inventions and transfers both poles into a contemporary whole. At the same time, they remain open in their form and arrangement through the flexible connection of their individual elements by means of elastic, bendable cords or cables. The entire series is based on thoughts about the harmonisation of supposed opposites, as is currently the case in the discussion about how to deal with nature and our resources.