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Artists travel to new destinations

A new exhibition titled Destination I captures artists' desires to share their ideas and culture.
A new exhibition titled Destination I captures artists' desires to share their ideas and culture.

The show includes 21 paintings by five Vietnamese and two Malaysian artists, Yusof Ghani and Zaim Bin Durusalam.

It intends to create a place for artistic exchange between Vietnameseartists and their audiences and colleagues both at home and abroad.

Ghani is one of the most well-known Malaysian artists, who wasintroduced to the world through his four-part series Dance, Mask, Playand Green.

Destination I includes two new paintings fromhis 2011 series Force, one of which is composed of nine, 58cm by 45cmpanels creating a huge image of natural colours.

He came to Viet Nam many years ago but this is his first exhibition in the country.

The exhibition introduces five Vietnamese artists: Ngo Hai Yen, NguyenThan, Vu Hoa, Ngo Van Sac and Luu Tuyen. Sac and Tuyen concernthemselves with social issues in Viet Nam today, such as violentgames and addiction, while the three others express their feelings aboutlife.

The exhibition Destination I will run through April 1 at Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street.-VNA
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