'Vietnam's Jackson Pollock' Xeo Chu sells art for $150,000

12-year-old's work captures hearts in New York

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12-year-old artist Xeo Chu lies next to his painting. (Photo courtesy of Nguyen Hai Anh)

MAHO KAWACHI, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- Six decades after American painter Jackson Pollock passed away, a 12-year-old Vietnamese artist often likened to the abstract-expressionist giant has opened a solo exhibition in the home of many Pollock masterpieces.

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