“Reality and Consciousness” is the title of a group exhibition of five Vietnamese and French artists at the Ho Chi Minh City Exhibition Centre.
The Muse, an abstract painting by French artist Agnes Mayberger. (Photo courtesy of the artist)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - “Realityand Consciousness” is the title of a group exhibition of five Vietnamese andFrench artists at the Ho Chi Minh City Exhibition Centre.
The showcase includes 40 oil, acrylic and mixed-media paintings on canvas andsilk, alloy and papyrus by Nguyen Thi Tam, Tran Thuy Linh, Tran Thanh Thuc, NguyenNhu Khoi and Agnes Meyberger.
Tam, 82, a native of the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, is showing silkpaintings depicting the beauty of her motherland.
She uses bright colours to paint familiar images in the Mekong Delta, includingcau khi (tree-trunk bridges) and boats laden with flowers and fruit in her workBen Xuan (Wharf in Spring).
“We are artists who travel all year around from the north to the south, fromthe highlands to the plains to paint landscapes, people and customs, as ourthanks to the motherland,” Tam said.
Tam, a graduate in oil painting from the Gia Dinh Fine Arts College (now theHCM City Fine Arts University) in 1958, has been part of 30 solo and groupexhibitions in Vietnam, France, the US and Germany, among others.
French artist Meyberger is showing her abstract paintings, which were triggeredby immersion in the worlds and art forms of yesterday and today
She combines ancient artistic techniques with new tools and contemporary media,and the spatial art of architecture with contemporary forms of street art.
Mayberger said her paintings with warm colours and vibrant shades of black have“my figures and forms dialogue with each other in an abstract expressionistlanguage.”
Linh, who does semi-abstract and abstract paintings, is showing a series of oiland acrylic paintings titled The Realm, featuring themes about existence,nature and the universe.
Thuc’s oil on canvas paintings are inspired by music which allows him todistinguish different types of joys, and feel either optimism or pessimism.
Truc, a native of northern Nam Dinh province, uses fabric collage techniques tocreate her paintings, reflecting her memories of where she has lived andtravelled, and what she loves and cares about.
The exhibition will be open until November 20. – VNS/VNA
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The Muse, an abstract painting by French artist Agnes Mayberger. (Photo courtesy of the artist)