Chinese artist Chen Yi is displaying his watercolour paintings depicting Vietnamese landscapes and people at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum. Chinese artist Chen Yi (middle) introduces his paintings to visitors at the exhibition titled Hành Vân Họa Cảnh (Travelling and Painting) at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum. The exhibition titled Hành Vân Họa Cảnh (Travelling and Painting) includes 101 paintings. Half of the works feature landscapes where the artist has travelled in Việt Nam since 2010, including Hạ Long Bay, Phú Quốc Islands, Mũi Né Beach, Đà Nẵng, Hà Nội and HCM City. “The country has rivers, mountains and beaches which have been a great inspiration for my paintings,” said Yi. Vietnamese fishermen, workers and the elderly are featured in the paintings. Yi said he hoped the exhibition would improve understanding between Vietnamese and Chinese artists and people, and introduce a beautiful Việt Nam to the Chinese people. He is also showing paintings of China, which depict ancient villages and scenes of nature and locals in Hangzhou City, Lishui City, Naxun Town and Shaoxing City in Zhejiang Province. Yi studied multimedia arts at the China Academy of Art, studying contemporary art concepts and forms. He has also worked in video and installation. However, after graduation, he returned to painting, and then took a post-graduate programme in watercolour painting at the China Academy of Art. Yi studied with famous Chinese contemporary artists An Xin and Ren Zhizhong. He has travelled to European countries such as France, Spain, Italy and… [Read full story]
Viet Nam News HCM CITY - The fourth HCM City Biennale Art Exhibition for Young Artists opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum on Thursday. The event, organised by the city Fine Arts Association and University of Fine Arts and their partners, showcases 145 works by 107 artists aged 18 to 45. The works include paintings, sculptures, videos and installation art in a range of mediums like oil, acrylic, watercolour, lacquer, ceramic, and wood. They reflect contemporary issues and Vietnamese landscapes and people. The organisers received 188 works by artists in 15 cities and provinces and chose 145 for…... [read more]
Award-winning artists exhibit oil paintings (12-03-2009) by Vo Le Hong HCM CITY — An exhibition of 27 oil paintings by a group of five veteran painters is on display at the Phuong Mai Art Gallery in HCM City. The painters, who have had numerous domestic and overseas exhibitions, range in age from 55 to 67. The work of one of the painters, La Hon, who has received both national and international awards, is both simple and abstract. "I was at first influenced by Modigliani because I really liked the deep eyes which he painted," he said. "Step by step, I…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - In its over 20 years of operation, the museum has been expanded by nearly 1,500 sq.m for the first time. The expanded area is the space to display most special collections of southern region. The expanded area is a building adjacent to the museum. The new building opened on April 23, introducing items collected in 2006-2010. Displayed items include nearly 300 paintings, statues and sketches of the total 1,400 items collected in the last five years. The building was previously the home of a Chinese Vietnamese, which was built in the early 20th century. The HCM City…... [read more]
HCM City museum celebrates southern art (29-09-2007) Duc Ngoc The city's largest exhibition this year, with 700 paintings and sculptures, is on display at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The exhibition includes a variety of traditional and contemporary artefacts that are characteristic of the south. The museum's director Nguyen Thi Duc said that she hoped the show would be warmly received by the public. "People will be able to see contemporary southern Viet Nam portrayed with a new vigour and passion. Still, the region's cultural heritage and past is overwhelmingly present," said Duc,…... [read more]
French, VN exhibit opens in HCM City (03-10-2008) HCM CITY — Eighteen French and Vietnamese artists will express their feelings about the contemporary world through a photo exhibition in HCM City this month. The month-long French cultural event hosted by the French consulate, titled Le Mois d'Image (Month of Image), opened yesterday at several venues. Organisers said the event would be a meaningful depiction of diverse subject matters. Traditional and digital photos and those created by computers are on display at four different venues. The HCM City Fine Arts Museum features works by Hoang Quoc Tuan, Isabelle Grosse, Ly Hoang…... [read more]
