Painter Nguyen Thu Thuy with the ceramic mural ''Tinh huu nghi Viet My (US-Vietnam Friendship'. (Photo courtesy of Nguyen Thu Thuy) The mural (25m by 1.8m) is by painter Nguyen Thu Thuy and her staff at the TanHanoi Company. Thuy is an author of the mural Ceramic Road by Red River.
The mural starts with the spectacular landscape of the Grand Canyon, a massivegorge located in the state of Arizona.
“The rocky mountain complex can change colours magically according to sunlightand weather. Sometimes the whole mountain area turns red and pink, sometimeseverything turns purple. That magical phenomenon of nature has inspired manyartists to express themselves in their paintings,” said Thuy.
She used colourful ceramic pieces to depict the changing colours of the GrandCanyon.
The mural also shows the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and the EmpireState Building in New York. They are highlighted on the national flag of theUS.
Other symbolsmonuments in the mural are the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore, where theportraits of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Rooseveltand Abraham Lincoln are carved onto the granite surface.
On the other part of the mural, thousands of ceramic pieces are combinedtogether to depict the fantastic view of Ha Long Bay. It’s the highlight of theartwork along with images of the Temple of Literature, the lotus ponds of Hanoiand the national flag of Vietnam.
Painter Thuy also presented US Ambassador Marc E. Knapper with a water-colourepainting of the Grand Canyon, a draft she made before making the mural.According to Thuy, the mural serves as a bridge to enhance mutual understandingand strengthen friendship between the two countries.
Receiving the painting, Ambassador Knapper said: “Vietnam and the US proudlypossessed two natural wonders, the Grand Canyon and Ha Long Bay. I expect thatthese similarities in culture, landscape and history will help us enhancemutual understanding. Together we preserve and promote values favoured bynature.”
The US-Vietnam Co-operation Centre is located at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam(DAV), 69 Chua Lang street, Hanoi./.
VNA
