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

Works on display capture colourful sections of the 4000-meter ceramic mural along the Red River dyke as seen through the lenses of  many photographers from home and abroad including Huu Bao, Le Bich, Consulo Le Mire (Chile), Dominique de Miscault (France) and Xiomara Perez (Panama).

Documentary films produced during the building of the project are also being showed to show people how the mural was made.

At the exhibition, viewers will see ceramic pillars printed with pictures of Hanoi in the 18th and early 19th centuries, created by artist Nguyen Thu Thuy. The pillars, which are 1.8 metres tall and 50-60 centimetres in diameter, were fired at high temperatures to protect the pictures from damage by time and the weather.

A highlight of the exhibition is a huge lacquer painting 2.26m x 9.6m by painter Doan Son entitled ‘Hanoi- Battle Lines and Flowers’. The painting illustrates a scene in Hanoi in the winter of 1946 and expresses its cultural and historical value. 

‘Imprints of Hanoi’ will run until July 26.

Launched in March 2007, the ‘Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural along the Red River’ is a community arts project to celebrate the millennium anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi. The project attracted 35 painters, including 15 foreign artists, 500 children from Vietnam and abroad, 50 fine arts students and more than 100 artisans from traditional handicraft villages across the country. It also received support from the Hanoi’s People Committee and numerous enterprises, embassies and international organizations.

Source: Nhan Dan (The People) Online

http://www.nhandan.org.vn/english/culture/190710/culture_c.htm