Fielding Lecht Gallery's Artworks Heading Home

Fielding Lecht Gallery, which specializes in the contemporary art of Vietnam, closes on the the 22nd of this month. It's unfortunate for Austin, but, as gallery co-owner Pam Fielding explains, the art scene in Vietnam is currently such hot hotness that, "the inventory we have here is needed back in Hanoi." Ergo, if you had hoped to visit the show Five Changing Identities: Vietnamese Women of Today, you best run your badonkadonk over to Congress Avenue post haste.

Though before you do...there's not only a wonderful Statesman gallery overview available, but also background material on Vietnam to prep with; you can glance at a New York Times article on Hanoi's modern bustle, or spend a few minutes with Fielding Lecht's own Vietnam slide show (which should quicken the pulse of anyone with wanderlust).

Please note that after the 22nd, the gallery wont shut down completely. It will host a fundraiser for the Nobelity project, offer numerous free screenings of Turk Pipkin's movie, and exhibit Nobelity film stills (a link to our interview with Pipkin is below). From the press release:

The opening night reception, Wednesday, June 27th, 6-9pm, with Turk Pipkin, Vance Holmes and Katie Pipkin is also free of charge. Donations are requested to The Nobelity Project. The exhibit will run 4 days only from the opening reception Wednesday evening through Saturday. Screenings [of Nobelity] on Thursday and Friday will begin at 10am, 2pm and 4pm. Saturday's screenings will begin at Noon and 2pm.

[Austinist Interviews Turk Pipkin, Director of Nobelity]

Vietnamese Women of Today
Fielding Lecht Gallery (thru June 22)
708 Congress Avenue
Tue, Wed, Fri 10-5; Thu 10-8; Sat 12-4, & by appointment

Work by Dinh Thi Tham Poong courtesy of Fielding Lecht