With 37 oil paintings created by the artist in the period 2019-2025. The exhibition is considered an important milestone, marking a strong change for an artist who is always committed to new explorations.
"Idol" is the name given by Bui Chat himself for this series of works. For him, this is not a theoretical school or model, but a way to describe the act of dragging the abstract objects inside out onto the canvas. Bui Chat believes that he does not abstract the world; he only concretizes the abstractions that already exist within him. Each painting, accordingly, becomes a form of diary - where the artist uses color instead of text to record the moment an invisible piece takes shape.
The works in the exhibition are created with oil paint and oilstick, with many different techniques: dry painting, wet painting, coating with thick layers, thining, scratching directly on the canvas surface. The layers of color are not to create standard shapes but to preserve the traces of emotions. Some paintings were completed in a few hours, some were covered over and over again for many months, but all kept the sincerity of the internal dialogue process.
The exhibition space is minimalist, separating each work into a stop so that viewers can truly "face" it. Without explanation, without interpretation, the exhibition only suggests one approach: stand back and feel. Bui Chat affirmed that paintings do not necessarily have to be understood, because the most important thing is the presence of the moment.
In recent years, Bui Chat has attracted attention when appearing continuously in contemporary artistic life. Without proper training, he still creates his own language: strong, intuitive, rich in emotions. If his poetry once broke the grammar to free words, his painting broke the technique to free the inner heart.
"Idol", therefore, is not only a painting exhibition but also a concept of life. In the context of visual art being affected by tastes and theoretical interpretation, Bui Chat chose to return with the most basic thing: painting to breathe, to survive. And in that simplicity, he found his own path in contemporary Vietnamese fine arts.
