“A shadow

in technicolour 

a house

quiet

water

awaits for

rhythmic ticks

squares

horses

run

but not moving

a grass field

the wind

halts

A debut solo presentation of Nguyễn Đức Huy, “Soon the time will come” conjures up an in-between space that hovers over the brink of the domestic and the communal, the hyper-sporting bodies and the prolonged suspension of time. Here, perspectives are bound to a perpetual shift as the artist’s study of masculine physiques jumps from the home to sports fields, and back again: from rhythmic thuds and thwacks borne out of constant movements set against the almost-tranquil lived space to the disquieting absence of sound as the body and its surroundings are rendered motionless.

An indiscernible male figure is seen throughout the exhibition, usually accompanied by a distinctive mass of shadow. Rather than following the traditional depiction of shadow, whose purpose was to reveal practical information about the object and its light source, Nguyễn Đức Huy’s shadows are symbolic representations of the body’s immortal double — its soul. As the shadow-double is materialized and fictionalized through the coexistence of movement and idleness, questions about what kind of information it can reveal and what is missing arise.”