Images of Women in the work of Duong Anh

Throughout Nov, 8.30 am – 4.30 pm everyday
Vietnam Women’s Museum

This retrospective exhibition introduces 100 art works created by Duong Anh in the period from 1956 to 1999. Duong Anh is known for his use of female imagery as a recurring motif, and often used his daily observations of women at work as inspirations for his paintings and propaganda posters. Images of Vietnamese women account for more than one quarter of his art work. Duong Anh has created more than 500 art works in many mediums such as: pencil, charcoal, pen, pastel, and watercolour on paper and silk.

These works reflect the contribution of Vietnamese Women to protecting their homeland, and their productive labour in daily life. They are filled with life and aim to make the onlooker reflect on their individual contribution to the country’s destiny and life’s difficulties and challenges.

The art works shown at this exhibition are divided into three thematic categories. Propaganda Posters from the period 1967-1992 feature women’s roles in the defence of the nation; Everyday Beauty features landscapes and simple scenes from daily life and Labour and Production which shows women at work in construction sites, factories and on farms.

For more information contact:

Ha Phan
Tel: 09826 53568
Email: [email protected]