Little girl takes a photo with hundreds of colourful butterflies. (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNS/VNA) — Hundreds of glitteringbutterflies made of paper affixed to a wall have caught visitors’ eyes at anart exhibition in Hanoi.
The exhibition entitled “Become A Butterfly” is aninstallation by South Korean Ahn Yun-mo at the Korean Cultural Centre.
On each wall the butterflies look like small person with twowings, flying together in one direction.
Moving closer and looking at the butterflies, visitors willsee many of them are somewhat messy, but made with no less love than theaesthetically pleasing butterflies.
That's because many of them have been made by children withdisabilities from the US, Africa, Indonesia, Europe and Vietnam.
For many of the disabled children, their butterfly was theirfirst complete artwork.
"This is the first time our students have met andexchanged with a Korean artist," said Luu Thi Thu Hong, head of Binh MinhSpecialised School.
"The event is very meaningful to the students and givesthem a chance to express their wishes to integrate into the community. I hopetheir artworks to be performed in the world under the artist's project."
The exhibition is part of the project “Become A Butterfly”initiated by Ahn with children and youth with disablities worldwide since 2013.
"People who live in this world can overcome allbarriers of skin colour and language," said Ahn at the exhibition'sopening ceremony.
"The exhibition helps to break the gap between peoplewith disabilities and normal people, creating a new step in promoting the basicrole of art to bring people closer together."
The touring exhibition has been held at the Museum of ModernArt in New York, the Bozar Centre for Fine Art in Brussels and other museums inIndonesia, Ethiopia, Thailand, China, Kenya and France.
Ahn received her Masters of Fine Arts from New York CityUniversity and has held nearly 80 individual exhibitions at home, in Europe andthe US.
"This exhibition has a special meaning because of thepeople who make it," said the centre's director Park Hyejin.
"Culture and art are invisible bridges connectingstrangers to each other to overcome all inherent physical barriers. I hope thatthe butterflies in the exhibition will create more wonderful things to connectthe hearts of Vietnamese and Korean people more closely."
The exhibition runs until September 14 at No. 49, Nguyen DuStreet, Hanoi. — VNS/VNA
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