Vietnamese Lacquer Painting Exhibition in Korea
Exhibition: 15 – 20 Jul 2015
Ganaisa Art Center
Seoul, Korea
From the organizer:
Lacquer paintings exhibition of 14 Vietnamese artists will be held in Ganaisa Art Center, Seoul from July 15 to July 20, 2015.
Lacquer is a special type of material extracted from lacquer tree, appeared in Vietnam from 2500 years before, often used in making furniture, worshiping items and crafts. In 1925 the French founded the Indochina Fine Arts School, along with the acceptance of the academy art in Europe, Vietnamese lacquer artists transformed the material and put lacquer on their own works. The innovative combinations between material and the traditional way of shaping, between the spiritual life of the Vietnamese and the graphics, layout, color as well as art thought from Europe have created an art material that still highly appreciated by many national and foreign researchers. Many Vietnamese lacquer paintings were stored and kept at national prestigious museums and abroad. More and more foreign artists come to Vietnam to learn the techniques of lacquer.
Due to limited communication, difficulties in transportation and storage as well as lack of thorough understanding and confusion between art and fine art, Vietnamese lacquer is still not known and properly appreciated as its value yet.
42 artworks of 14 Vietnamese artists to Korea will be displayed at Ganaisa Art Exhibition Center, Seoul. This is the art center established since 1983, and from 1991 till now becomes the venue for exhibit many famous names of worldwide contemporary art such as Antoni Tapies (1990), Sam Francis (1991), Jasper Johns ( 1991), Roy Lichtenstein (1991), Joan Miro (1991), Wilfredo Lam (1991). The exhibition will be an opportunity to introduce Vietnamese lacquer art and inspire sense of creativity to all the artists pursuing the art of making lacquer paintings and promote cultural exchanges between the Vietnam and Korea.
• Of the 42 works exhibited, there are 12 works with traditional visual style from the 6 artists Ha Anh Tuan, Nguyen Duc Viet, Nguyen Nghia Dau, Nguyen Tan Cuong, Nguyen Hiep Anh and Duc Hung.
• The rest 30 pieces are of modern visual style from 8 artists: Nguyen Truong Linh (Gold Prize, National Fine Arts Exhibition 2010), Tran Phi Truong, Nguyen Hai Nam, Do Khai, Pham Thang Long, Hoang Huu Van, Ngo Hai Yen and Dang Hien.
• In particular, 3 artists Tran Phi Truong, Do Khai, Nguyen Hai Nam and curator D.G. Tran Quoc Hung are invited to attend the opening ceremony and introduce paintings for the exhibition.
This exhibition of Lacquer paintings in Seoul will contribute to promoting the cooperation and exchange of the art and culture between Vietnam – Korea, as well as introducing Vietnamese cultural traditions to foreign friends in Korea and worldwide. This is also an opportunity for artists to share their view of art and seek for new inspiration, to create more and more high-valuable artworks to serve all art lovers in Korea and Vietnam.