This bronze sculpture by the Vietnamese artist Tuan is an extraordinary work of
art.
A man and a woman are frozen in a ballet-like pas de deux. He launches her in flight as
drapery flutters about them. The sculpture embodies two ideas Tuan holds most
dear: liberation and happiness. His composition recalls the achievements of
Giambologna, the 16th century Italian mannerist sculptor who redefined what a
sculpture could be by creating multiple bodies intertwined in an upward spiral
of motion.
Tuan brushes acids on the bronze to create a patina that, at the
base, makes the object appear to be made of stone and, at the top, gives it an
appearance of painted plaster or terra cotta. The artist is a master of scale
and balance as the figures seem to defy gravity.
Tuan will be showing new works at New River Fine Art on Fifth
Avenue throughout the month of April.
—Mark Ormond, Southwest Florida art curator and consultant
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