Exhibition “Hoa Dat Viet” by Artist Pham Luc

Exhibition: 08 Mar – 09 Apr 2016, 09 am – 6.30 pm
Toong Co-working Space

From the organizer:

Exhibition “Hoa Dat Viet” by Artist Pham Luc consists of many selected works on the topic of women from the huge collection of Collector, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung. The exhibition is opened on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 8/3/2016 and will last for a month until 09/04/2016.

Artist Pham Luc (1943-) is one of the first generation of artists who studied at Vietnam University of Fine Arts from 1959 to 1964. Known as “Van Gogh of Vietnam”, Pham Luc is the only contemporary artist who has a club with more than 100 collectors and 6000 works.

Among them, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung – Former Vice Chairman of the National Assembly’s Office – is one of the biggest collectors with more than 800 pieces. He has organised various of exhibitions of Pham Luc’s works that connect art enthusiasts and high-profile politicians.

During our meeting in the early spring, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung emotionally recalled his special friendship with Artist Pham Luc that started from a coincidence in 1997. On the way to the airport, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung found himself drawn to a collection of paintings displayed along the dyke. Immediately fascinated by the daring colours and contours, he decided to buy some pieces as a gift for his wife. After the business trip, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung came back with his wife to visit Pham Luc and started collecting the artist’s works.

Pham Luc said at that time he thought the couples were oversea Vietnamese (‘Viet Kieu’) since “it was rare for a Vietnamese to be interested in art collection”. Since then, two fellow countrymen (Pham Luc’s mother land is Nghe An while Dr. Nguyen Si Dung was born and raise there) have become close friends and brothers. During nearly two decades, the artist and the art enthusiast have kept a strong bond of a shared passion for arts and the love for Vietnamese women.

More than half of Dr. Nguyen Si Dung’s collection from Pham Luc is about women. And for Pham Luc, women are his endless inspiration. His works about women are created in various materials at different periods of time; nevertheless all of them carry genuine and refined emotion, sometimes daringly, sometimes trembly, sometimes reverentially and sometimes endearingly.

Free entrance.