Editor's Pick: "Feel the Rainbow" Exhibition Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion

This group exhibition is hosted by M Space Art Gallery in collaboration with No Concept Complex in Hanoi. According to the organizing committee, in celebration of Pride Month, "Feel The Rainbow" aims to send a message of empathy, self-acknowledgment, healing, and pride.

Join four visionary artists - David Evan, Bach Vu, Sara Grötsch and Lucyanne Terni to explore the state of "being at odds" in each person (Photo: Nhung Nguyen).

Many artists choose to express diversity and acceptance within the LGBTQ+ community with the colorful rainbow and the artworks featured in "Feel The Rainbow" is no exception. In other words, the shared inspiration is that each individual perceives color differently, hence the name of the exhibition.

"Feel The Rainbow" exhibition attracted many young people, both local and expat (Photo: Nhung Nguyen)

The artists also encourage interaction during and after the viewing for a complete experience. For example, when having any emotions, feelings, or reactions towards the artwork, you can try openly expressing them by answering questions like "What is your first reaction to the work?" and "Does it reveal new aspects about yourself or the world around you?"

"Fee The Rainbow", therefore, could be a fun and meaningful exhibition to check out with friends or loved ones so that together you can expand the perspective on how art can affect our mood and help us learn more about ourselves.

"Feel The Rainbow" is also impressive thanks to the well-planned progression from empathy, self-acknowledgment, to healing, and pride (in this respective order). The artists tell their stories like childhood stories (in David Evans' "Growing Up I, II and III") or abstract portraits (Sara Grotsch's "Fiuld Portrait 1 and 2"). Meanwhile, the overall tone of vividness, vibrance, and expressive movement in Bach Vu's "The Joy of Living" or Lucyanne Terni's "Lines 1" announces the abundance of pride.

Visitors at the exhibition (Photo: Nhung Nguyen)

One of the biggest challenges to creating a connection with viewers, said the representative from M Space Art Gallery, is that many people feel overwhelmed for not having the same art critique as curators and art critics would.

"[To avoid that issue,] M Space took a lot of time considering how to form the main idea, choosing the language, re-interpreting the work of art in the simplest, friendliest way," said the Head Art Curator from M Space Art Gallery.

Visitors at the exhibition (Photo: Nhung Nguyen)

Besides paintings, there are also a number of books and music collections introduced at the exhibition so that you can "feel the rainbow" in more than one sense. They are books by Vietnamese authors like "LGBT - A Hidden Nation" by Ha Trung Hieu and online articles by Vietnamese-American author Ocean Vuong, offering you interesting insights on how one's world can be shaped by living with a number of identities, one of them being LGBTQ+.

The Joy of Living by Bach Vu (Photo: Nhung Nguyen)

Lines 1 by Lucyanne Terni (Photo: Nhung Nguyen).

Fluid Portrait 1 (left) and Fluid Portrait 2 (right) by Sara Grötsch (Photo: Nhung Nguyen).

Three paintings of the Growing up Trilogy by David Evans (Photo: Nhung Nguyen)

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