Published:  00:00 Saturday - August 30, 2008

Vietnamese artist Vuong Van Thao’s installation work, made of polymer composite and oil paint, entitled Hoa Thach Song (Living Fossils) made the Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) Foundation Signature Art Prize top-ten list, the most prestigious art award in the region.

Thao’s Living Fossils is designed to draw attention to the apparent contradiction of new and old Hanoi. It features small models of houses cast in blocks of plexiglass, almost as if they were encased in amber.