Road to Tay Bac

Collections
1085747
Title
Road to Tay Bac
Year/Period
1986
Region
Vietnam
Dimension
Image size: H119.5 x D79 cm,
Image size: H125 x W80 cm (Canvas)
Accession No.
2009-02956

Born in Ha Son Province, Nguyen Quan (b.1948) graduated with a degree in math and cybernetics in the German Democratic Republic in 1971. It was during this time aboard that Quan developed an interest in Surrealism. His painting style is one that incorporates Western influences with a Vietnamese sensibility that belies an Asian tendency. Immediately in the post-Doi Moi period, Quan’s works and ideas became highly influential in the art circle, which was suddenly liberated, and allowed to paint non-representational works.