Recently, controversy related to the MV "Come my way" continued to escalate when visual artist Le Giang did not accept the apology from the production crew of Son Tung M-TP's MV.
Visual artist Le Giang believes that this is not simply an act of "reference" but the use of the work "Tan chi" (2017) without permission, and affirms that the related parties have not yet taken specific action to take responsibility for copyright.
In a new development, Antiantiart - the unit participating in the production and coordination of Son Tung M-TP's MV project "Come my way" said that from June 2, this unit has made efforts to contact artist Le Giang via email and phone, and proposed to meet directly to clarify the remaining problems between the parties.
Amidst the controversies, on social networking forums, many accounts left questions, "Who is visual artist Le Giang", "How does artist Le Giang work"...
In fact, in her field, artist Le Giang is a typical name, with many imprints.
Le Giang (born in 1988) is a visual artist and art educator of the prominent contemporary generation of artists in Vietnam. She graduated from the University of Fine Arts Vietnam and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of the Arts London (UK).
Le Giang is the co-founder of the independent art space Six Space in Hanoi, and used to teach at RMIT University Vietnam.
Her artistic practice focuses on social issues, local history and the relationship between humans and nature, through many forms such as installation, sculpture and painting.
The installation work "Vestige of the Land" (Vestige of the Land, 2017) is one of her typical works.
Few people know that in 2018, Forbes Vietnam magazine announced the list of 30 Under 30, honoring 30 faces under 30 years old with outstanding achievements and influence in many fields.
In the Culture, Arts and Entertainment category, visual artist Le Giang also participated alongside other artists such as Son Tung M-TP, Vu Cat Tuong, Isaac, director Tran Dung Thanh Huy and Tran Duc Vien (representative of the FAPtv content creation group).
Artist Le Giang once shared that she was selected into the list of 30 Under 30 because of the process of building and operating a Six Space art space using personal resources.
Sharing about the work "Tan chi", the artist said that the work is the result of interest in village culture, craft village culture that she had previously had the opportunity to work on in a craft village project with other artists.
In 2016, she went to dozens of craft villages in the Northern Delta to learn about the traditional art culture of her ancestors. The female artist realized that if she wants to look out into the world, she should see her own land clearly. Learning about traditional culture helps her feel more confident.
