Manga Exhibition at Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

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Opening: Wed 18 May 2011, 6 pm
Exhibition: 19 May – 16 June 2011
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

From The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam:
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents an experimental exhibition “Manga Realities: Exploring the Art of Japanese Comics Today”. The highly acclaimed Manga exhibition in Japan and South Korea finally comes to Vietnam!!!

This exhibition focuses on 9 distinguished Japanese manga works that have gained attention since 2000: Number Five, The World God Only Knows, Children of the Sea, Sugar Sugar Rune, BECK, Nodame Cantabile, Solanin, Sennen Gaho, and Five Minutes from the Station. All of these 9 manga works have not yet been translated into Vietnamese and this exhibition will be the first place to introduce them to Vietnamese audience.

A manga reading room will be also set up at the museum for the visitor’s reference.

Free admission to exhibition.

Other related activities include:

Weekend Piano Mini Concert
Every Sat and Sun, 10 – 10.30 am & 3 – 3.30 pm

The exhibition room for “Nodame Cantabile” – 2nd floor of Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
A Vietnamese pianists Ms. Tran Huong Giang and Ms. Le Thi Yenwill play the piano tunes featured in the manga titled “Nodame Cantabile” on every weekend.
*The schedule is subject to change without notice.

A Manga guidebook in Vietnamese

A guidebook written in a Manga style is available for the visitors during the exhibition. Visitors will enhance their understandings on the exhibition by the unique experience of reading the Manga guidebook during their tour on site.

Price: 10 000 VND

Lecture Series on Manga

Lecture I: “Japanese Manga: The entertainment crossing time and space”
By Ms. Takahashi Mizuki (Cutator, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito)
Thu 19 May 2011, 2 – 4 pm
Classroom 202, Building C, Vietnam University of Fine Arts – 42 Yet Kieu, Hanoi, Vietnam

Lecture II: “Manga into Art”
By Mr. Kusumi Kiyoshi (Art Critic & Associate Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Sat 04 June 2011, 2 – 4 pm
Classroom 202, Building C, Vietnam University of Fine Arts – 42 Yet Kieu, Hanoi, Vietnam

The lectures will be delivered in Japanese with Vietnamese interpretation.
Advanced reservation is highly recommended (Maximum 100 persons each) by contacting Ms. Nha (098-293-9314) or Mr. Yoshioka (0123-384-4138)