Xeo Chu said what he likes best about painting is the creativity. (Source: artnet) Hanoi (VNA) – Xeo Chu, a12-year-old Vietnamese painter, is setting sales records with his colourfulabstract paintings in the US, with some selling for more than 150,000 USD.
Chu’s paintings are being compared to works byAmerican artist Jackson Pollock, a major artist in the abstract expressionistmovement of the 1940s and 1950s.
One difference between the two, however, is thatPollock produced his most famous pieces at his middle age.
The Vietnamese seventh-grade student is holdinghis first show called “Big World, Little Eyes” at the Georges Berges Gallery inNew York from December 19, 2019 to January 2, 2020.
For this show, Chu created an unnamed artwork,which is 4.5-meter long and divided into four pieces.
He said his mom told him that he was going tohave an exhibition in New York, so he decided to make a big painting for it.
It took him three months to complete thepainting, he added.
Chu shared that what he likes best aboutpainting is the creativity.
“I can do a lot of things with a painting. I canchoose what I would draw or what detail I can put in or what color.”
Chu has been painting since he was 4 years old.His family owns an art gallery in Vietnam./.
VNA
