Painting is represented directly while sculpture is more secret. It requires flexibility, movements, revolving around the statue, assessment of the thickness, impact of the volume of the work, praise is not for the inside or the outside of the work as those of a medal, but it is a choice of the viewing corner, the understanding of the mechanism of the round block, its relationship in decoration and creation of an inseparable entity. The sculptural work is a unique combination. It establishes something stable and solid and something lithe and gentle. Everyone knows that.
When we come to a factory or a sculptural park, it is really a labyrinth. An exhibition with imposing works and the meticulous creation are introduced as a discovery, a knowledge development and an understanding. Moreover, the creation changes our views and takes us to another world. DIEM PHUNG THI gives us a general art where the theory of European Descartes brings logic, the coordination of the proportion, the strength of weight and winding structure. While Asia is a princess, a supreme entity where mystery is a favour for anybody who engages in. The form is gentle and lithe, the meandering blocks, the endless repetition of the cutting figures like a melodious song and a lively sound in a peaceful space.
The attachment of the two sides stimulates the curiosity of critics. This art philosophy should not be ignored, the recognition of time reality and the infinite search. There is an excellent freedom in individual ethic. The thesis of creation does not depend on any bond in any other model but the above-mentioned duality. Inheriting this culture, DIEM PHUNG THI never limits her words and the chance to participate in the coming achievement. No matter the work is hieroglyphic or not, both the inspiration and the unity create a unique work. The achievements require domination, the inspiration is nurtured by its own strength. If these statues are represented by the traditional characteristics, dimension, materials, shapes, colours, the continuing attempts create global issues, forcing their author to occupy a space thus leading to the occupation of a piece of architecture.
Indeed, DIEM PHUNG THI owns infinite inspirations which make up diversity for this kind of art and lead to the choice of familiar bodies or statues.
The modest access perfection should be born in mind, the cutting and pasting works of art that her intuition has used another language, the drawings, the paintings and the sublime decoration are profuse in imagination, the miniature sculptural work and attractive domestic designs are possessed by this versatile artist because there is nothing to object the everyday application and practice of principles in life and work.
VALLAURIS, APRIL 1991
MICHAEL GAUDET
