Vietnam’s sun protective clothes showcased at BIENALSUR 2023
Sun protective clothing, often worn by Vietnamese women while riding motorbikes, is impressing visitors to the international contemporary art exhibition BIENALSUR underway in La Plata city of Argentina.
German-Vietnamese fashion designer Tra My Nguyen brings to the BIENALSUR exhibition her art works that are motor-scooters wrapped with sun protective clothes. (Photo: VNA)
Buenos Aires (VNA) – Sun protective clothing, often worn by Vietnamesewomen while riding motorbikes, is impressing visitors to the internationalcontemporary art exhibition BIENALSUR underway in La Plata city of Argentina.
Specifically, German-Vietnamese fashion designer Tra MyNguyen brought to the exhibition her art works that are motor-scooters wrappedwith sun protective clothes.
The designer said that she was born in 1992 in Hanoi andmoved to Germany with her family from a young age. After returning to Vietnam manytimes, she was impressed by sun protective clothes that Vietnamese women usewhile riding motorbikes on streets.
According to her, this isa special feature not found elsewhere and is the inspiration for her to createthe works brought to this exhibition.
Starting in 2015, BIENALSUR is the International Biennial ofContemporary Art of the South, an extensive platform for art and culture underpermanent construction.
In this 2023 edition, from July 8 to December 22, art workswill be exhibited in over 70 cities in 27 countries and territories over thefive continents./.
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German-Vietnamese fashion designer Tra My Nguyen brings to the BIENALSUR exhibition her art works that are motor-scooters wrapped with sun protective clothes. (Photo: VNA) 
