The exhibition features some twenty-five black and white paintings showing the rapidly changing built environment of Vietnam and the presence of man within this. The use of light in these paintings is characteristic for the work of Huisman.

Throughout his study in Netherlands, Wessel Huisman (1954) was fascinated by the working of light. After years of artistic training at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Arnhem, he saw himself confronted with a very simple but crucial question: how can I apply my paint in a way that – taking into account all the possibilities and impossibilities of the material – light becomes paint, and vice versa, paint becomes light? For the last two decades, Wessel Huisman has used almost only black and white paint to create “his” light.
His Vietnam exhibition, which is based on photos of city views, panorama’s and street images taken during earlier travel throughout the country, forms part of a project financed by the Culture and Development programme of the Netherlands and organized with the co-operation from two well-known Fine Arts Universities in Vietnam.

His paintings have been on display in Ho Chi Minh City for the last two weeks, where he received many positive critiques. In addition, he has lectures and master classes for teachers and students at the Fine Arts Universities in both Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

The exhibition will last until 5 December, 2008 at 42 Yet Kieu Street.