Hanoi (VNA) – Twenty-five artworks including paintings, videos andinstallations made by artists of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are ondisplay at an exhibition which opened at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoion July 4.
The “Salt of theJungle” exhibition, held by the museum, the Korea Foundation (KF) and CUCGallery, was last organised in the RoK in 2017 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries (December 22,1992-2017).
The title comesfrom a work by Vietnamese novelist Nguyen Huy Thiep. It is an epithet of awhite flower, said to bloom every 30 years in the jungle. In the novel, an oldman finds the flower when he tries to hunt a monkey. The novel is consideredoutstanding for its poignant metaphor of Vietnam after the Doi Moi (Renewal) period.It criticises humans’ ambivalence that they mistake the destruction of natureby humanity for prosperity.
A straightforwardlook at ambivalence is also found in the works by the artists invited to theexhibition. They interpreted social changes in the process of rapidindustrialisation and urbanisation via painting, drawing, video andinstallation works.
Speaking at theopening ceremony, RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Kim Do-hyun pledged to boostcultural cooperation between the two countries.
Within theframework of the event, Vietnamese and Korean artists will have a talk withvisitors about their works and the two countries’ fine arts on July 5.
The exhibitionwill remain open to visitors until July 25.-VNA
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