Polish painter Franciszek Ryszard Mazurek has been inspired by the peaceful landscapes of Vietnam to create a series of paintings that will be presented in an exhibition opening in Hanoi on Mar. 7.
Entitled “Landscapes of Vietnam”, the exhibition will showcase 33 paintings which are the result of Mazurek's travels to the country last October.
Transferring observations of the ordinary onto canvas, Mazurek's paintings suggest humility in the face of the passage of time. They preserve the characteristics of a particular place in an ever-changing landscape, present not only the beauty of the land but also a world of memories and emotions.
Mazurek's vivid strokes bring freshness to the familiar landscape of some famous tourist spots in Hanoi and neighbouring areas, including the Tran Quoc, Tay Phuong and Thay pagodas and Ha Long Bay, its immensity of cliffs mirrored in water transferred into his artworks. Mazurek says the Hong (Red) River, the symbol of Hanoi, inspired him to create Boundlessness.
The artist also captured the daily activities of rural people, including women laundering clothes by the riverside and farmers harvesting rice.
Mazurek exhibited his paintings of the Lublin region in eastern Poland in Hanoi last October. A graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, the 61-year-old painter has held more than 30 solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions in Poland, Ukraine, Germany, France, the United Arab Emirates, Moldavia, Romania and Belgium.
Hosted by the Polish embassy, the new exhibition will continue through Saturday at the Exhibition House at 29 Hang Bai Street in Hanoi.-VNA
Entitled “Landscapes of Vietnam”, the exhibition will showcase 33 paintings which are the result of Mazurek's travels to the country last October.
Transferring observations of the ordinary onto canvas, Mazurek's paintings suggest humility in the face of the passage of time. They preserve the characteristics of a particular place in an ever-changing landscape, present not only the beauty of the land but also a world of memories and emotions.
Mazurek's vivid strokes bring freshness to the familiar landscape of some famous tourist spots in Hanoi and neighbouring areas, including the Tran Quoc, Tay Phuong and Thay pagodas and Ha Long Bay, its immensity of cliffs mirrored in water transferred into his artworks. Mazurek says the Hong (Red) River, the symbol of Hanoi, inspired him to create Boundlessness.
The artist also captured the daily activities of rural people, including women laundering clothes by the riverside and farmers harvesting rice.
Mazurek exhibited his paintings of the Lublin region in eastern Poland in Hanoi last October. A graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, the 61-year-old painter has held more than 30 solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions in Poland, Ukraine, Germany, France, the United Arab Emirates, Moldavia, Romania and Belgium.
Hosted by the Polish embassy, the new exhibition will continue through Saturday at the Exhibition House at 29 Hang Bai Street in Hanoi.-VNA
