A layout for the hand-written invitation by Ngo Dinh Chuong and Vu Dan Tan, April 1992. Most of the invitations for exhibitions at Salon Natasha were handmade. They would then be printed in a limited quantity and further decorated with artists' signatures and stamps of the Salon. Salon Natasha and the artists rarely received funding for printing invitations for publicising purpose.
The first exhibition Salon Natasha presented was Ngo Dinh Chuong's solo show.
Ngo Dinh Chuong (1934-early 2000s) was born in Hanoi. He was the younger brother of the artist Ngo Manh Quynh, who had been a renowned art teacher in 1950s. Ngo Dinh Chuong worked as an illustrator for children's books and an animator at the Cartoon Films' Studio. As an artist he worked with various media, including silk paintings, pastel, and lacquer engravings; among all the artist was most well-known for his woodblock prints. The delicate black and white prints feature landscapes, seascapes, and portraitures of women, bathing or sitting motionless in a minimalist Eastern room.
Ngo Dinh Chuong was a member of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association. He was also a former colleague (from the Cartoon Films' Studio) and a friend of Vu Dan Tan.
From 1992, Salon Natasha began to organise exhibitions. The projects and collaborations were mostly initiated and curated by Natasha Kraevskaia. Its first three solo exhibitions in 1992 featured works by Ngo Dinh Chuong, Khuc Thanh Binh, and Tran Thieu Quang. They were all artist-friends of Vu Dan Tan.
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Ngo Dinh Chuong,  VU Dan Tan
Vietnamese
1992
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