Drops of the Sun
Drops of the Sun (Mảnh Trời)
2021-2024
Immersive and site-specific installation, quartz and natural light
2.6m x 5m/wall x 4 walls
This is the next work in Tia-Thuy Nguyen's journey with light and it will be stored and preserved forever in the private space of the Mareterra project
The question that comes to the artist's mind is: How to ease and soften those roughnesses? She wants to find a balance amidst the hustle and bustle. A place to recuperate, calm the mind, achieve serenity. From this idea, Tia-Thuy Nguyen builds a room separate from the noisy world out there - a sacred cave, a territory.
After the works Silver Room (Nhà Bạc) and Lady Cloud (Nàng Mây), she continues to use quartz for this work. Borrowing the healing properties and visual effects of quartz, Tia-Thuy Nguyen creates a floating space with cloud graphics colored by the natural myriad of colors of the stone. She retains the undulating texture of the cliff and dresses them in a soft, feminine yet charming pink - like the beauty of Princess Grace Kelly, the legendary beauty icon of the Principality of Monaco.
In modern times and in romantic contexts, clouds evoke a sense of freedom. They are always changing, changing shape, changing color according to light, season, and time and space. There is no beginning, no end to the life cycle of clouds. Clouds play a harmonious melody with other natural elements - they accept the very influences that change them. Clouds do not resist, nor do they fight. For these reasons, clouds are like a mantra of a very peaceful life.