Green Red & Yellow was a contemporary art exhibition featuring 16 artists held at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi from October 3rd to 10th, 2003. The artworks included installation, conceptual art, video art, interactive performance art, photography, and painting, developed from the idea suggested by the traffic light system. It represented the conventions of public transportation during the period of unprecedented urbanization: Green—go, Red—stop, and Yellow—undefined. Green, Red & Yellow’s concept in the social context reflects the interconnectedness between reform, conservative norms, and the naturalistic approach.

Yellow symbolizes a state of hesitance, the moment for warm-up, or moments of weariness and illness. It also represents the excitement, the sublimation breaking the way, the realm of emotions and intuition. There is therein no room for a volition mechanism. Further, the Yellow embodies a neutral attitude, wisdom, and the “harmony with nature”. If the Yellow is lacking, this habitat can only be reserved for inanimate objects.

The artworks reflected various perspectives and beliefs, uncovering the overlooked corners of the “Yellow” lurking in the inner being and daily life. They invited viewers to temporarily depart from the default pragmatic environment and change the angle of look, shifting the boundaries of personal conditions and unleashing their imagination; Furtherly, to re-evaluate something that hasn’t been paid attention to and redefine a worthless object or a forgotten thing.

Participating artists:: Nguyễn Quỳnh Chi, Nguyễn Văn Cường, Phạm Ngọc Dương, Lê Quang Ðỉnh, Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, Nguyễn Quang Huy, Trần Lương, Nguyễn Trí Mạnh, Nguyễn Minh Phước, Nguyễn Quân, Veronika Radulovic, Brian Ring, Nguyễn Minh Thành, Vũ Thụy, Trương Tân, Lê Vũ.

Curator: Trần Lương