Not many people would draw parallels between Dante’s Inferno, the epic poem about a descent into hell, and the Cold War-era space race, but artist Tammy Nguyen does. “Both trajectories are into hot unknown places: one into the core of the Earth and the other into the orbit of the sun,” she says.
Nguyen has a knack for finding connections between seemingly disparate, random events and phenomena, and bringing them together under the seductive guise of her intricately detailed, saturated artworks. Closer inspection of her work reveals profound existential observations and queries that tend to evoke confusion. “I like playing with contradictions and, through art, making those contradictions create even more tensions,” she says. “I create problems for myself to explore. I like the challenge.”
The unusual convergence of Inferno…
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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2023