For the first time in Italy, at the Arsenale in Venice, the solo exhibition of Henry Le

For thefirst time in Italy, theNorth Arsenal in Venice will host, from March 21 to April 1, 2020, the solo exhibition of Vietnamese artist Henry Le, entitled Soul Energy, a collateral event of the exhibition of finalists of the 14th edition of Arte Laguna Prize.

Curated by Chiara Canali and promoted by MOCA Italia and Arte Laguna Studio, the exhibition will feature about forty large-format paintings and an installation of human-sized iron sculptures.

The title of the exhibition refers to the energy that pervades the artist’s soul, according to which his works exist like flowers: one can rejoice in them, enjoy them, or profit from them, but those works exist and maintain an emotional life of their own.
“My method includes rhythm and energy. Positive energy is like a medium, a catalyst that allows me to transfer my spirituality from the inner world to the art world. What is this energy? Is it perhaps something that fuels the sensual and extraordinary feelings of joy and sorrow that people often attribute to the artist? Well, actually not only the artist, but all human beings have feelings,” said Henry Le.

In Le’s art, the sign takes on the value of a gesture that is not only artistic but existential and is linked to the need to start again from one’s self, one’s soul, in search of a way that allows him to express the vital energy that belongs not only to the artist, but to every living being.

The paintings in the exhibition are abstract and informal works in which the paint is dense, compact and lumpy; surfaces in which layers of color, paper, fabric, jute create imaginary cartographies that refer to mountain reliefs or sea waves. The iron sculptural installation, The Humans, on the other hand, features skeletal figures representing depersonalized workers, symbols of souls emptied of their corporeity, cages of pure energy.

Henry Le (Nghi Xuan, Ha Tinh, Vietnam, 1982) had solo shows at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in 2014 and 2015. He participated in Art Basel Miami in 2016 and the 11th Florence Biennale in 2017.

Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Free admission.

For the first time in Italy, at the Arsenale in Venice, the solo exhibition of Henry Le

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