Cuối Cùng (The End)

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Title Cuối Cùng (The End) Creator Nguyễn Lâm Year/Period 1965 Region Vietnam Material Oil on canvas Dimension Image size: 80.0 x 110.0 cm, Frame size: 82.0 x 112.0 x 3.0 cm Accession No. 2017-00584 Collection of National Gallery Singapore Credit Line Gift of Nguyen Thi Phuong & Jacques Renaud

Artist Nguyễn Lâm’s work is a strong representation of the cosmopolitan tendencies of the art world of Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City) in the 1960s. Born in Can Tho in Vietnam’s south in 1941, Nguyễn Lâm came to prominence at an early age. He was a member of the Saigon Young Artist’s Association, a dynamic group of artists who strove to bring greater innovation to the art scene in Saigon. He was selected for representation in many international platforms in the period, including the Paris biennales of 1961 and 1963, and the Sao Paulo biennale of 1967. He was also one of the youngest Vietnamese artists to be represented at Saigon’s First International Art Exhibition of 1962. This artwork is a semi-abstract composition imbued with symbolic references. It represents a textured, off-white field of colour, traversed by a dark channel. Figured subtly within the central channel of paint is the image of a corpse, while a pair of traditional Vietnamese wooden shoes interrupt the composition in the bottom right corner. The work is a mediation on life and death, and the traces of life remaining after death.