“Introduce the African dance”

“Introduce the African dance” – Hữu（overseas Vietnamese - living in US） and her husband (Brazin) (Mar. 12.2006).

At : Himiko visual café, Huynh Tinh Cua, Dist.3, HCMC

Paintings Express Woman's Freedom

Featured in the Viet Nam News on Wednesday the 30 August 2006

By; Võ Le Hong

The human instinct is often destroyed in the race toward achievement, but it can often run free like a wild horse. In the paintings of Irish Artist Ciarna Hackett being shown at Himiko Café Art Gallery in HCM City, she depicts this spirit powerfully.
This is Hackett's first solo exhibition at the gallery, which specialises in young artists. Though the gallery sports a Japanese name, it is owned by a Vietnamese woman named Nguyen Kim Hoang.
Hackett said her 16 paintings were inspired by her last year and a half in Viet Nam.
"Most of these pieces are about the experience of painting, the knowledge of painting and the joy of painting, but women and desire are also the inspiration for some of the imagery" she said.
"Life and desire and the power of women lie in their bodies. The imagery comes from how women carry such power and freedom within them, but the desire to express this can sometimes be stifled and destroyed by their lives" she said.
"If art is feeling, Ciarna is successful. A couple of pictures in the realistic school style are rather simple, but they make a strong feeling on first sight. But the abstract ones are sublime. They look like a symphony and can keep viewers' attention." Said Nguyen Quang Vinh, artist and lecturer at HCM City's Fine Art University.
The exhibition continues until September 3 at Himiko Visual Saloon at 88 Huynh Tinh Cua Street in District 3 in HCM City. An alternative address for the gallery is 60/2 Ly Chinh Thang Street also in District 3.

-VSN

About Himiko visual saloon

Himiko (In Japanese, it means “the child found fire”) was established from a concept of a playground for young artists, who nurture great ambitions to find themselves, like no others. At this gallery, art is combined with application, giving a comfortable and friendly atmosphere to reach viewers in term of a visual coffee as a good way to popularize art works to community. Hiniko visual saloon started to open in 19th, Nov. 2005.

Himiko – ( tên tiếng Nhật, có nghĩa là : đứa bé – nhìn thấy - lửa ) được thành lập từ một ý tưởng muốn tạo ra một sân chơi cho các nghệ sĩ trẻ và là một nơi ở đó những người trẻ thể hiện mình, mà không bị ràng buộc vào những tiêu chuẩn tuyển chọn theo lối cũ mòn của những galerie khác. Ở đó, kết hợp giữa nghệ thuật và ứng dụng, tạo một không gian thoải mái thân thiện nhằm tiếp cận với người xem qua mô hình visual café ( cũng là một cách phổ cập nghệ thuật, đưa tác phẩm đến gần với người xem, vốn chưa dành cho Mỹ Thuật một sự quan tâm đúng mức như những loại hình nghệ thuật khác ).

Himiko visual saloon bắt đầu hoạt động vào ngày 19/ 11 / 2005.

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Jump exhibition (Pham Van Duc) 25/07/2008

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( Ngô hiền Thảo Vy )

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( Himiko cafe )

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( CNCF )

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(TGDN)

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http://www.tuoitre.com.vn/Tianyon/Index.aspx?ArticleID=241351&ChannelID=10 ( Mỹ thuật trẻ )

“I also really like Himiko Café,” says Quynh. “It’s a unique exhibition space run by a young Vietnamese artist who speaks fluent Japanese – she exhibits sculptures, photographs, paintings. It’s unique.

http://expatarts.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/quynh-pham-art-gallery-director-vietnam/

http://dep.com.vn/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1635 ( Nguyen Kim Hoang )

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http://www.tuoitre.com.vn/Tianyon/Index.aspx?ArticleID=221126&ChannelID=10 ( artist Bảo Ngọc )

http://mobi.tuoitre.com.vn/Tianyon/Index.aspx?ArticleID=95509&ChannelID=10 ( Nguyễn Hiệp )

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http://www.tuoitre.com.vn/Tianyon/Index.aspx?ArticleID=167920&ChannelID=100 ( Himiko )

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( shinobu )

http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01ART300806 ( Ciarna Hackett )

http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/showarticle.php?num=01ART300806 ( Ciarna Hackett )

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2006/08/607295/ ( Ciarna Hackett )

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/reports/2006/08/605547/ ( Ciarna Hackett )

Internal Instinct, an exhibition of paintings that actualize the essence of women by Ciarna Hackett runs from August 21 to September 3 in HCM City. The central theme of her paintings is the contemporary woman’s internal instinct, strength and desire for liberated love. Hackett’s paintings will be on view at Himiko Visual Café (88 Huynh Tinh Cua St, Ward No.8, Dist.3, HCMC)

http://www.thanhniennews.com/entertaiments/?catid=6&newsid=19209

http://jy1970travelblog.blogspot.com/( Ciarna Hackett )

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http://www.diacritic.org/blog/archives/2006/03/ ( Nguyen Lan Phuong )

http://www2.thanhnien.com.vn/Vanhoa/Mythuat/2006/1/18/136123.tno( Ha Thanh Hung )

http://www.webdulich.com/index.php?act=area_link&act2=article_detail&category_sub_id=61&article_id=26403

http://www.sgtt.com.vn/web/tintuc/default.aspx?cat_id=601&news_id=16323 ( himiko visual cafe )

http://www.vietnam-sketch.com/south/nightspot/2006/02-001.html ( himiko visual cafe )

28th March



Chuyia left Saigon in the afternoon. Met Nguyen Kim Hoang; a sculptor and friend of Huy who is based in Saigon and she runs a café cum gallery called Himiko Visual Cafe (). Was so amazed with her lifesize sculpture and sculpting skills...excellent work!

■ヒミコヴィジュアルカフェ（Himiko Visual Cafe）[カフェ]
住所：88 Huynh Tinh Cua St., Dist. 3
電話：(08) 8297840
営業時間：7:00～23:00
日本留学経験がある、美大を卒業したてのオーナーが、内装、家具等の大半を学生たちと手作りしたカフェ。現役の美大生や卒業間もない若い作家の作品に触れられる。ワイヤレスインターネットも完備。

http://www.vietnam-sketch.com/south/alacarte/2006/01-008.html

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