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Vietnam artists find solace in street graffiti amid state censorship
Government approval is required to display art in galleries, so some artists in Ho Chi Minh city are unleashing their expression on the streets for public viewing to bypass what they consider censorship.
Vietnam artists find solace in street graffiti amid state censorship
Urban expansion and a development boom also threaten to reduce viable graffiti space. / TRT World and Agencies
April 16, 2017

Artists in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh city have taken to street art, or graffiti, as the government tightens the noose around what it deems controversial art.

In Vietnam, the government's approval is required before works of art can be displayed in galleries. But many times state censorship forces these artists to paint outside the lines.

As TRT World'sSarah Jones reports, artists are not giving up on expanding people's access to art.

SOURCE:TRT World