ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Lý Trực Sơn’s "Cửa Thiền" (Zen Gate) is a profoundly introspective diptych, inviting viewers into a realm of quiet contemplation. The artwork is characterized by a muted, earthy palette of deep browns and a rich, tactile surface, suggesting raw materiality and a primordial aesthetic. On this textured ground, a prominent ochre circle on the left panel evokes a celestial body or a seed of consciousness, engaging in a silent dialogue with the luminous, arched gateway on the right. This "Zen Gate" transcends its physical form, serving as a symbolic threshold to a meditative state—a passage for the soul to find clarity and liberation, charting an internal journey between the finite and the infinite.
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Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA), B1-R3 Vincom Mega Mall Royal City, 72A Nguyen Trai, Ward Thanh Xuan, Hanoi.ABOUT THE ARTIST

Lý Trực Sơn
(1949 – )Lý Trực Sơn (b. 1949) is a preeminent Vietnamese artist celebrated for his rhythmic and emotionally charged abstract lacquer practice. He masterfully transforms profound emotional energy into unique abstract lacquer structures, characterized by thick surfaces, strong chromatic rhythms, and a distinctive vermilion-black-gold palette. His oeuvre not only honors the rich heritage of traditional lacquer but also forges a deeply contemporary expressive language.
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