Windy Day 12: “Hang Trong Painting – A Fragile Destiny”

Sat 18 Apr 2015, 2 – 4 pm
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

From the organizer:

It will be a great failure not to mention the HangTrong paintings in history of the art of folk painting of Hanoians.One of the most excellent schools of traditional painting, it brings about not only great visual effects through original hand-crafted method but also fantasies imbued with people’s of hope and belief.

Notable Hang Trong paintings are divided into two groups: ornamental paintings and worship paintings. Expressing similar joyful wishes, Hang Trong paintings are created on the same paper with Dong Ho paintings (another school of traditional paintings) but in different procedure.Some of gorgeous works are “Four prosperity trees: Pine tree, daisy, bamboo and apricot blossom”, “Carp beholding the moon”, “Countryside market”, “Young ladies”, etc. to name a few.

The fact that Hang Trong worship paintings blend with the development of Holy Mother Worship has somehow ranked this painting school a distinguished level in Vietnamese folk painting variety. In the end of the 19th century, such worship paintings as“Five tigers”, “The Third Prince”, “The Forest and Mountain Goddess” were frequently seen in the holiest places of temples or shrines. Extremely characterized with colors of religion, Hang Trong paintings generate impressive effects in both senses: visuality and emotion.

Nowadays it is regretfully hard to deny a miserable perishability of Hang Trong paintings. Taking the same “karma” with other cultural traditions, Hang Trong paintings gradually disappeared in the community. They are now reserved by only museums and (a few) collectors. Hang Trong paintings – one of the peaks of folk painting – are becoming a “stranger” in the place where was once its motherland!
Being deeply inspired by magnificent creations of predecessors, Toixedich, together with artist – worship painting researcher Phan Ngoc Khue and Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, is dedicating a dear approach to exceptional Hang Trong paintings. Windy Day 12: “Hang Trong painting – A fragile destiny” is enriched with stories, analysis, guidelines and discussions led by artist Phan Ngoc Khue. This event, hence, may be an initial step for “newbie” to explore an invaluable type of Vietnam traditional painting.

• Ticket information: 120,000 VND (To student: 100,000VND)
• Speaker: Artist Phan Ngoc Khue (see details)
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• Maximum attendants: 25 people (Your attendance will be confirmed by phone call)
Ticket will be directly delivered to attendants.

By organizing this event, Toixedich expects to bring audiences a chance of “Travel more widely, live more deeply” – the objectives that we have been pursuing for the last 3 years.

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