{"id":7223,"date":"2025-10-29T15:38:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/?p=7223"},"modified":"2025-10-29T21:07:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:07:55","slug":"exhibition-seas-of-silk-oc-eo-statues-at-lotus-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/fr\/gallery\/exhibitions\/exhibition-seas-of-silk-oc-eo-statues-at-lotus-gallery","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition Seas of Silk &#8211; Oc Eo Statues at Lotus Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The exhibition <strong>&#8220;Seas of Silk&#8221;<\/strong> by research-based artist <strong>Quang deLam<\/strong> at Lotus Gallery features a rich and multi-layered scenography. Complementing deLam&#8217;s paintings is a curated series of statues from the <strong>\u00d3c Eo civilization<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These statues are drawn from photographs taken during a special August 2025 exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City dedicated to Vietnamese National Treasures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This unique combination of contemporary paintings and and black and white photography provides <strong>essential contextual perspective<\/strong>, cultivating a <strong>serene, mysterious atmosphere<\/strong> that encourages deep contemplation of both artistic forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eoc Eo Harbor and Civilisation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00d3c Eo is considered to have been a major port city and the economic heart of the Funan kingdom (1st to the 7th century CE) . The site was first identified in the 1930s through aerial photography and was subsequently excavated by French archaeologist Louis Malleret in 1944.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a main&nbsp; stop on the maritime trade route between India and China. Archaeological discoveries have unearthed a remarkable array of artifacts , Roman gold medallions, statues of Hindu gods like Vishnu and Shiva, Chinese Buddhist statues. Due to its historical importance, the \u00d3c Eo &#8211; Ba Th\u00ea archaeological site has been designated a special national relic of Vietnam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exhibition &#8220;Seas of Silk&#8221; by research-based artist Quang deLam at Lotus Gallery features a rich and multi-layered scenography. Complementing deLam&#8217;s paintings is a curated series of statues from the \u00d3c Eo civilization. <\/p>\n<p>These statues are drawn from photographs taken during a special August 2025 exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City dedicated to Vietnamese National Treasures. <\/p>\n<p>This unique combination of contemporary paintings and and black and white photography provides essential contextual perspective,<\/p>\n<p> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibitions","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7223"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7229,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7223\/revisions\/7229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlen.photo\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}