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Huỳnh Công Nhớ

Crab, 2023

acrylic on canvas

75 x 50 cm

Framed: 82 x 57 cm

Inv: HCN_2023-030

[FR] Dans "Crab" (2023), Huỳnh Công Nhớ transforme le monde naturel en une composition vivante et onirique, où des formes organiques s’entremêlent et se dissolvent les unes dans les autres. Une figure centrale, évoquant un crabe, émerge au milieu de strates de formes sinueuses, déclinées dans une palette vibrante composée de jaune, de vert sauge, de lavande et de rose atténué. Des touches de pinceau libres et expressives estompent les frontières entre la créature et son environnement, faisant naître un univers à la fois familier et fantastique. Alliant une imagerie ludique à une certaine ambiguïté visuelle, l’œuvre se déploie tel un fragment de rêve, invitant le spectateur à déambuler dans un paysage où les formes oscillent librement entre le réel et le surréel.

[EN]In "Crab" (2023), Huỳnh Công Nhớ transforms the natural world into a vivid, dreamlike composition where organic forms intertwine and dissolve into one another. A central crab-like figure emerges amid layers of sinuous shapes, rendered in a vibrant palette of yellow, sage green, lavender, and muted pink. Loose, expressive brushstrokes blur the boundaries between creature and environment, evoking a world that feels at once familiar and fantastical. Balancing playful imagery with a sense of visual ambiguity, the painting unfolds like a fragment of an imagined dream, inviting the viewer to wander through a landscape where forms shift freely between the real and the surreal.

About the artist

Huỳnh Công Nhớ

Vietnamese

b. 1991

Huỳnh Công Nhớ (b. 1991 in Đà Nẵng, Vietnam) stands out as an art brut (outsider art) artist, endowed with natural talent and a naïve approach that lends a unique sincerity to his creations. Entirely self-taught, he entered the art world through cinema, training in the prestigious Autumn Meeting program under the mentorship of filmmaker Trần Anh Hùng, a renowned workshop for promising young international filmmakers.
In 2022, Huỳnh Công Nhớ transitioned to painting, a medium where his raw imagination and intuition have fully blossomed. His works, characterized by evocative simplicity, transform cinematic imagery into static compositions while exploring the natural balance between inner rhythm and the external world.

His work focuses on interpreting personal human experiences within Vietnam’s socio-political contexts. Combining both a naïve and incisive perspective, he opens up endless possibilities for storytelling while reminding us of the importance of human connection and the power of stories told through various materials.

A recent selection of shows and awards of him includes: Afternoon Rêverie, 2024 Galerie BAO, Paris, FR; Hanoi Grapevine Selection, 2023, Hanoi, Vietnam; Thằng bé bán kem, Top 14 Excellent Projects - CJ Short films Project, 2023; Top 14 Xinê House Grant, HCMC, Vietnam, 2022; Nổ Cái Bùm Biennial Art Week, Da Lat, Vietnam, 2022 ; Grandma's Broken Leg, Youth Jury Award - Competition SEA Short Film - 32nd Singapore International Festival Film, 2021 ; Projet de court métrage Ghost Dog, Top 14 Short film project CJ Entertainment, 2021 ; Top 12 Short film project Honor Lotte Cinema, HCMC, Vietnam; 2021.

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