Impressions and Expressions – Vietnamese Contemporary Painting

Written by Howard Wallingford Monday, 02 January 2012 22:43

Bangkok, Thailand - Thavibu Gallery announces the publication of a new major book on Vietnamese art: Impressions and Expressions – Vietnamese Contemporary Painting , and a joint art exhibition of the 15 Vietnamese artists featured in the book. They are: Cong Kim Hoa, Dang Xuan Hoa, Dinh Quan, Dinh Y Nhi, Hong Viet Dung, Le Quang Ha, Luong Xuan Doan, Nguyen Thanh Binh, Nguyen Trung, Pham An Hai, Pham Luan, Thanh Chuong, Trinh Tuan, Truong Tan, and Van Duong Thanh.

This book is an introduction to contemporary Vietnamese painting.  In the first part, the art historian and independent curator Shireen Naziree covers the background of contemporary Vietnamese painting and places it in the context of South East Asia.  There is a section on how lacquer paintings are made, followed by profiles of fifteen prominent artists written by the Vietnamese art historian and critic Phan Cam Thuong.

Many of the artists started their careers during the mid-1980s, and may thus be labeled the doi moi generation, after the Vietnamese term for “renovation” and the process of opening Vietnam to the outside world.  Although there had been many talented artists of the older generation, the artists of the doi moi generation were the first to break free from more conventional painting styles.  Exhibition on view until 13 August, 2006.

Visit Thavibu Gallery at : http://www.thavibu.com/

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