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  • About Dogma

    Dogma is a private collection and exhibition space dedicated to archival and contemporary art, based in and around Vietnam. The space is located at 27A Nguyễn Cừ, Phường Thảo Điền, TP. Thủ Đức, TP. HCM. Dogma comprises separate but connected programs: Collection, Research, and Prize.

    Founded by Dominic Scriven in Hanoi in the early 1990s, Dogma began as a collection of revolutionary propaganda posters — artworks in themselves that struck the eye with bold colors, clear and urgent calls to action, the very essence of mobilization. The collection emerged amidst the newly burgeoning crowd of young contemporary artists enjoying fresh creative freedoms in the early years of Đổi Mới, in a still quiescent Hanoi of lakes, trees, old streets, and cramped urban life lived on the sidewalks, all under the gaze of a revolving theatre of propaganda posters.

    Today, our vision is to be a sustainable private sector entity that supports the history and development of Vietnam's visual arts. Our objectives will bend to reflect changing opportunities, challenges, and priorities. In the immediate term we focus on Conservation (of archive), Promotion (of visual arts), Presentation (of Vietnam's visual arts), and Development (of the archive and the community in which it thrives).

     

    Our Team

    • Minh Nguyễn, Curator
    • Liên Nguyễn, Associate Curator
    • Ngọc Phạm, Accountant
    • Lưu Chữ, Graphic and Web Design

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