The Domino Art Fair is aimed at bringing art closer to the community. (Photo:vietnamnet.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Painter Thanh Chuong has completed 60paintings of roosters to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Rooster.
Using different materials, such as lacquer, oil on canvas and watercolours, Chuonguses the roosters to reflect society and his own philosophy of life.
The paintings will be displayed at the Domino Art Fair, an annual event on theoccasion of the Lunar New Year, scheduled to take place at Hanoi Creative City,1 Luong Yen Street from January 20 to 25, and at the HCM City Fine Arts Museumfrom February 22 to 27.
The art fair will gather more than 300 art works by about 160 Vietnamese andforeign artists. Chuong is the biggest exhibitor.
This year, the art fair will bring together prominent art critics andresearchers like Nguyen Quan and Pham Long, and leading art advisors andcurators such as Tran Huy Oanh, Thanh Chuong, Trinh Tuan, Le Thiet Cuong and LeKinh Tai in an art advisory panel.
Domino Art Fair is aimed at bringing art closer to the community. There areopen areas for artists to interact with the audience. There will also be aprivate area for art collectors.
There will be roundtables and activities to promote Vietnamese artists at thetwo events in Hanoi and HCM City. Painter Chuong will have a meeting with hisfans in Hanoi to introduce his 60 rooster paintings. Those who come to theevent in HCM City will be able to meet with artist Tai to talk aboutanimals and human beings in fine arts.
Another new feature of the Domino Art Fair is an interactive art educationscheme called “School Day”, which includes a series of workshops where schoolchildren play and learn how to make creative art works from famous artists.
The art fair is organised by the RealArt organisation, founded in 2014 byartist Trinh Minh Tien. RealArt is an independent art organisation aimed atsupporting contemporary art in Vietnam and bringing it closer to the public inorder to develop a robust and transparent domestic art market for Vietnamesepeople. RealArt has organised fairs around the country and connectedwell-established artists with new talents.
“For a long time, Vietnam’s art market has been struggling with variousproblems, such as the lack of connection with local audiences or counterfeitpainting incidents which cause enormous confusion for art lovers and artbuyers,” said Tien. “Within that context, our RealArt organisation’s attempt isto organise healthy and transparent art fairs to win back public confidence andbring arts closer to the art lovers.”
This year, RealArt will experiment with some new features for a so-called“secondary market” for art. A booth dedicated to RealArt’s regularcustomers/collectors who want to re-sell the works they bought will be erectedat the art fair.
RealArt plans a series of art fairs to develop a national art fair brand forVietnam, which can compete with other regional reputed art fair brands like theSingapore Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong Art Basel and Singapore Art Stage.-VNA
Using different materials, such as lacquer, oil on canvas and watercolours, Chuonguses the roosters to reflect society and his own philosophy of life.
The paintings will be displayed at the Domino Art Fair, an annual event on theoccasion of the Lunar New Year, scheduled to take place at Hanoi Creative City,1 Luong Yen Street from January 20 to 25, and at the HCM City Fine Arts Museumfrom February 22 to 27.
The art fair will gather more than 300 art works by about 160 Vietnamese andforeign artists. Chuong is the biggest exhibitor.
This year, the art fair will bring together prominent art critics andresearchers like Nguyen Quan and Pham Long, and leading art advisors andcurators such as Tran Huy Oanh, Thanh Chuong, Trinh Tuan, Le Thiet Cuong and LeKinh Tai in an art advisory panel.
Domino Art Fair is aimed at bringing art closer to the community. There areopen areas for artists to interact with the audience. There will also be aprivate area for art collectors.
There will be roundtables and activities to promote Vietnamese artists at thetwo events in Hanoi and HCM City. Painter Chuong will have a meeting with hisfans in Hanoi to introduce his 60 rooster paintings. Those who come to theevent in HCM City will be able to meet with artist Tai to talk aboutanimals and human beings in fine arts.
Another new feature of the Domino Art Fair is an interactive art educationscheme called “School Day”, which includes a series of workshops where schoolchildren play and learn how to make creative art works from famous artists.
The art fair is organised by the RealArt organisation, founded in 2014 byartist Trinh Minh Tien. RealArt is an independent art organisation aimed atsupporting contemporary art in Vietnam and bringing it closer to the public inorder to develop a robust and transparent domestic art market for Vietnamesepeople. RealArt has organised fairs around the country and connectedwell-established artists with new talents.
“For a long time, Vietnam’s art market has been struggling with variousproblems, such as the lack of connection with local audiences or counterfeitpainting incidents which cause enormous confusion for art lovers and artbuyers,” said Tien. “Within that context, our RealArt organisation’s attempt isto organise healthy and transparent art fairs to win back public confidence andbring arts closer to the art lovers.”
This year, RealArt will experiment with some new features for a so-called“secondary market” for art. A booth dedicated to RealArt’s regularcustomers/collectors who want to re-sell the works they bought will be erectedat the art fair.
RealArt plans a series of art fairs to develop a national art fair brand forVietnam, which can compete with other regional reputed art fair brands like theSingapore Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong Art Basel and Singapore Art Stage.-VNA
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