Exhibition displays butterflies made by disabled children

The exhibition entitled “Become A Butterfly” is an installation by Korean Ahn Yun-mo at the Korean Cultural Centre (Photo: Vietnam+)

On each wall the butterflies look like small person with two wings, flying together in one direction (Photo: Vietnam+)

Moving closer and looking at the butterflies, visitors will see many of them are somewhat messy, but made with no less love than the aesthetically pleasing butterflies (Photo: Vietnam+)

Many of the butterflies have been made by children with disabilities from the US, Africa, Indonesia, Europe and Vietnam (Photo: Vietnam+)

For many of the disabled children, their butterfly was their first complete artwork (Photo: Vietnam+)

The exhibition is part of the project “Become A Butterfly” initiated by Ahn with children and youth with disablities worldwide since 2013 (Photo: Vietnam+)

The touring exhibition has been held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Bozar Centre for Fine Art in Brussels and other museums in Indonesia, Ethiopia, Thailand, China, Kenya and France (Photo: Vietnam+)

The exhibition runs until September 14 at No. 49, Nguyen Du Street, Hanoi (Photo: Vietnam+)

“Turning into Butterflies” is made up of installation works created with approximately 1,300 paper butterflies of nearly 1,300 children and young people including those with disabilities around the world – from The Republic of Korea, the US, to Africa, Indonesia, Europe; about 100 artworks of disabled and autistic students from Binh Minh Special School (Vietnam); and nearly 20 artworks by Ahn Yun Mo and 5 Korean artists with disabilities (Photo: Vietnam+)

This is an international project organized by The Republic of Korea is not only an opportunity for the whole world to see the authenticity of Korean art, but also a warm message of hope, a huge installation exhibition with the participation of hundreds of thousands, of millions of disabled children worldwide (Photo: Vietnam+)

Through the project, Ahn Yun Mo hopes that we – people who live in this world, can overcome all barriers of skin colors and languages, break the gap between people with disabilities and those without, creating a new progress in promoting the fundamental role of art of bringing people closer together (Photo: Vietnam+)

Ahn Yun Mo’s international project “Turning into Butterflies” was held at UN headquarters in Brussels (Belgium), New York Museum of Modern Art (USA), and many other museums, exhibition spaces, famous places in major cities & countries such as Brussels (Belgium), Bali, Jakarta (Indonesia), The Republic of Korea, Ethiopia, Thailand, Beijing (China), Nairobi (Kenya), Paris (France), etc. (Photo: Vietnam+)

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Ahn Yun Mo graduated with a Bachelor degree from Hongik University and a Master’s of Fine Arts from City University of New York (Photo: Vietnam+)

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Spectator at the exhibition (Photo: Vietnam+)

The exhibition’s eye-catching design makes it a favourite check-in venue of youngsters (Photo: Vietnam+)

Ahn Yun Mo has had 78 solo exhibitions (in Europe, America, etc.) and 80 times organizing projects with the participation of disabled and autistic children, attended various art fairs in his home country and abroad, and joined 1350 group exhibitions (Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, New Zealand, Miami, etc.) (Photo: Vietnam+)

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A spectator poses for photos at the exhibition (Photo: Vietnam+)

Spectator at the exhibition (Photo: Vietnam+)

Installation work by a Vietnamese participant in Ahn Yun Mo’s project (Photo: Vietnam+)