Vietnam – Korea Clay Painting Exhibition

Opening: Thu 05 May 2016, 5 pm
Exhibition: 06 – 14 May 2016
Korean Cultural Center

From the organizer:

Clay Painting is a popular art form in Vietnam and Korea. To celebrate the 10th year of establishment, the exhibition “Vietnam – Korea Clay Painting” will be the first and only experience for flower and art lovers to enjoy a space of colorful flowers in the typical charming scenery of Korea and Vietnam. The exhibition will feature 27 clay paintings in different sizes themed on flowers as lotus, sesame buds, roses, orchids, daisies, cherry, flowering canola, etc…

Talking about her career path in clay paintings, Huong Thuy said: “To have a clay flower, we must follow many steps. Firstly, mix colors with clay until having desired colors, then use the roller to make specific thickness depending on the type of flower. Then use a mold to cut each petal, each leaf and then shape them. Sewing each flower requires high level skills to make flowers alive. When they become dry, they must be soft like the real flowers. Then paint and draw details on the petals to get desired flowers. The artist need to squeeze entirely by hand the pistil, flower buds. Then transplant the details of flowers together and finally twigs and flower arrangements.”

About the artist:

Huong Thuy was born in 1976 in Hanoi and graduated from the Academy of Journalism and Communication. From 1998 – 2008 she was a cultural journalist of Post Newspaper. In 2015, she started making 3D clay flower paintings.

Free entry.

Translated by Hanoi Grapevine