Don't Call It Art! Contemporary Art in Vietnam 1993–1999 Published by Kerber. Edited with text by Annette Bhagwati, Veronika Radulovic. Text by Eva Bentcheva, Pamela N. Corey. On the explosion of art in 1990s Hanoi Populated with imagery of karaoke bars, motorbikes, AIDS, Western consumerism and more, the installations and performances of Vietnamese artists Truong Tan, Nguyen Minh Thanh, Nguyen Quang Huy and Nguyen Van Cuong have established them as protagonists in Hanoi’s art scene since the early 1990s. This book tells their story.
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