”Hanoi 1000” Exhibition in Washington
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Exhibition: 09 – 24 Sep 2011
The Arts Club of Washington
2017 I Street, NW, Washington DC
From Raquelle Azran:
In October 2010, Hanoi celebrated her 1000th birthday. To commemorate the millennium year, the Arts Club of Washington is hosting an exhibition of Vietnamese contemporary fine art from Hanoi, from the collection of Raquelle Azran.
The six exhibiting Vietnamese painters all live and work in Hanoi. Ranging in age from 77 to 29 years, male and female, they work in a variety of mediums: watercolor on handmade paper, oil on canvas, lacquer on wood and woodblock prints. All share a commitment to expressing human emotions through the cultural prism of their art.The artists: Dang Thao Ngoc, Dinh Thi Tham Poong, Phung Pham, Trinh Tuan, Vu Dinh Tuan, Vu Thu Hien.
As a highlight of the exhibition, the master lacquer artist and teacher Trinh Tuan will be giving a week-long workshop on lacquer painting. Pre-registration is required.
Vietnamese art is defined by its lush colors and directness, as well as by its poetic, dreamlike meditativeness. Stylistic elements of Impressionism, Expressionism, figurative art, Cubism and Fauvism intermingle with traditional Vietnamese motifs and values: the village, the buffalo, ancestral spirits. The juxtaposition of handmade rice paper and traditional lacquer painting with contemporary artistic techniques such as oil and acrylic creates an exciting fusion of temporal and cultural worlds.
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