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Vietnamnews: Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural artists put on exhibition
Riding the wave: The lacquer painting Red River's Wave by Nguyen Thu Thuy is on display at the exhibition.
HA
NOI — Artists participating in the Ceramic Road mural project have
mounted an exhibition entitled Dau An Ha Noi (Ha Noi Millennium Express)
in honour of the capital city's 1,000th anniversary in October.
The exhibition displays over 50 works, including ceramics, photography, sculpture, paintings, lacquerware and graphics, expressing the love and pride of the artists for Ha Noi.
The Ceramic Road is the mosaic along Ha Noi's levee road begun in March 2007. The project has attracted 20 Vietnamese and 15 international painters from 10 countries. Around 500 children from Viet Nam and abroad, 50 fine arts students and 100 artisans from traditional pottery villages have joined in completing the project.
The grey cement flood walls along the long levee road fronting the Hong (Red) River have been decorated with colourful painted ceramic mosaics.
"I believe that the Ceramic Road will be a proud hallmark in the minds of Ha Noi people," said painter Pham Viet Hong Lam. "The project will become famous worldwide."
Over 6,000sq.m of ceramic mural has been completed, with the remaining sections to be done soon, said painter Nguyen Thu Thuy, the head of the artists' group...
NhanDan(The People): Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural on display at Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
Nhan Dan, May 19, 2010 – A fine arts exhibition entitled ‘Imprints of Hanoi’ opened on July 17 in the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum to welcome the 1000th birthday of Thang Long – Hanoi. The exhibition features 50 artworks in different media including oil paintings, lacquer paintings, graphics, ceramic sculpture and photography by artists who created the ceramic way dedicated to the capital...
Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural - Photo: Lai Dien Dam
Italian artist’s mosaic colors banks of the Red River
(SGGP) - Italian artist Giuseooe Mastropierro unveiled a ceramic mosaic, part of a giant mural along the Red River in Hanoi, for viewers on June 22.
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| Italian artist Giuseooe Mastropierro's ceramic mosac, part of a giant mural along the Red River in Hanoi, is presented to viewers on June 22 |
The painting reflects the similarities and differences between Italian and Vietnamese cultures through a juxtaposition of Hanoi icons, such as the legendary turtle that is said to live in Ho Guom (Sword Lake), Chua mot cotKhue Van Cac (One-Pillar Pagoda), (University of Literature), and typical Italian images likely the Colosseum in Rome, Leonardo Davinci and the Mona Lisa...
