Can Street Art Help Restore One of Hanoi’s Poorest Communities?- Urbanist

https://urbanisthanoi.com/hanoi-art/16474-can-street-art-help-restore-one-of-hanoi-s-poorest-communities?fbclid=IwAR3u15fJCczZVwRWaH3IrzEq2zsHXGZ0XO4OUgmuypMskzo3RMqoJOjV22w Can street art lead to urban restoration? Or is it wilful gentrification? In February 2020, the Phuc Tan Public Art Project officially opened — the work on display offers engaging art and stirs up intriguing questions in equal measure. Sixteen Vietnamese and international artists set up the ambitious installation over a two-month period in Hanoi’s bleak midwinter, and all on a next-to-zero budget. Curated by Nguyen The Son, an artist and lecturer at Vietnam Fine Arts University, the project follows on from the illusory trompe-l’œil murals on Hanoi’s railway arches, also... Read The Rest →