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

Join four visual artists - David Evan, Bach Vu, Sara Grötsch and Lucyanne Terni to explore the state of "being at odds" in each person.
June 25, 2023 | 07:20

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.

[Editor's Pick] "Feel the Rainbow" Exhibition Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion
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.

[Editor's Pick] "Feel the Rainbow" Exhibition Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion
"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.

[Editor's Pick] "Feel the Rainbow" Exhibition Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion
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.

[Editor's Pick] "Feel the Rainbow" Exhibition Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion
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+.

[Editor's Pick] "Feel the Rainbow" Exhibition Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion
The Joy of Living by Bach Vu (Photo: Nhung Nguyen)
[Editor's Pick] "Feel the Rainbow" Exhibition Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion
Lines 1 by Lucyanne Terni (Photo: Nhung Nguyen).
[Editor's Pick] "Feel the Rainbow" Exhibition Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion
Fluid Portrait 1 (left) and Fluid Portrait 2 (right) by Sara Grötsch (Photo: Nhung Nguyen).
[Editor's Pick] "Feel the Rainbow" Exhibition Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion
Three paintings of the Growing up Trilogy by David Evans (Photo: Nhung Nguyen)
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