Duy Anh Nhan Duc

Duy Anh Nhan Duc was born in 1983 in Saigon, Vietnam. He came to France at 10 years of age, and now lives and works in Paris. Nature is the matrix of this visual artist’s works. A constant search for alliance and osmosis to present a different vision of plant kingdom. “Through my work, I intend to capture the unique allure of vegetation, to transcribe the emotions it arouses in me and to stage it in the narrative it brings to my mind. The pieces I dream up are a way to showcase the plants with which we are all familiar, but which we no longer see. Everything is a pretext in my work to honour plants. Each creation is an invitation to others to take their time observing nature with fresh eyes, with attention and sensitivity.”

In his Parisian studio, the artist transforms plants with subtle forms and invents a poetic nature is if it were in balance with the fragility of an instant. Clover, poppy, hortensia, lichens… and of course dandelion, his favourite plant, provide the matter for a magical artwork. The fruit of tireless walks to gather flowers, his installations radiate fleeting, sensitive beauty.

Text © Domaine de Chaumont, 2018