From left to right: artist Mai Chi Thanh, Chantal Roman Vals (a French teacher and a frequent visitor to the Salon), and artist Le Tuan Anh, at the exhibition opening of 'Drowning = Solidity' on 28 October 1995.

‘Drowning = Solidity’ was a solo exhibition by Le Hong Thai. The artist in his early practice had been known for his abstract lacquer paintings with the employment of traditional lacquer technique on wood. In this exhibition Thai introduced to the public his experimental lacquer works on canvas for the first time, together with some of his abstract gouaches works.