Int’l painting and sculpture exhibition ‘Silent talk’ opens in Hanoi
Vietnam Fine Art Museum
Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese artists give silent talk through art
เชิญร่วมชมงานนิทรรศการศิลปะของ 3 ศิลปิน จาก 3 ประเทศ : ญี่ปุ่น ไทย และเวียตนาม ณ หอศิลป์แห่งชาติ เวียตนาม กรุงฮานอย วันที่ 15-22 พฤษภาคม 2561
: Katsumi Mukai
: Wattanachot Tungateja
: Cong Kim Hoa
Vietnam Fine Art Museum 15-22 May 2018
Left : Japanese sculptor Mukai Katsumi:
Cong Kim Hoa (Vietnam) :
Wattanachot Tungateja:THAILAND
On display at the event are sculptures and paintings by three artists, Wattanachot Tungateja of Thailand, Japanese sculptor Mukai Katsumi, and the female Vietnamese artist, Cong Kim Hoa.
Wattanachot Tungateja paints his works using acrylic, while Cong Kim Hoa creates abstract paintings using traditional lacquer.
Mukai Katsumi has become popular among Vietnamese audiences, having visited Vietnam several times and displayed his sculptures at many art spaces around the country.
Tungateja uses modern acrylic material. The objects in his paintings appear to be simple, such as rocks or the sky, but they represent abstract images of the world and humanity, when the audience takes a closer look.
Sewing the Sunset, a lacquer by Công Kim Hoa.
Meanwhile, Hoa uses Vietnamese traditional lacquer. Her abstract paintings are made up of bold shades and brushstrokes, and successfully make the most of the colour lacing technique of lacquer art. In her paintings, shapes and strokes are just a tool to embellish the background.
Art critic Phan Cẩm Thượng observed her creative journey with the appreciation of how she has brought out the beauty by using her own language.
“She seems to be at the balance point, without showing off formality, without complexity, but also there exists no sign of negligence nor carelessness,” said Thượng.
“She consciously discovers any subtle forms to expose that emotional world.
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Faces, a sculpture by Katsumi Mukai
Mukai is familiar with Vietnamese audiences, with many majestic works displayed in grand art centres in the country. His artworks exhibited at the exhibition are made of wood. These wooden sculptures are neither human-shaped nor anything-shaped, but evoke the invisible links between humans and nature. Mukai also showcases some abstract pencil paintings with the same inspiration with wooden sculpture.
“These sculptures from Mukai bring the audience to a space where they can observe and feel the organic sensibility of creations – purity and consistency – there are even metaphors of up and down rythms of planes, a transforming between solid and spatial volume of forms, various sizes of shapes and the continuous moving of lighting gradients, which are created by an energetic soul and precise carving hands,” said art critic Phạm Long.
The art critics shared the same opinion, that the exhibition is highly recommended to see because the artists are all noted names and serious about their creativity.“Being open to the dawn, resigning themselves to the twilight or the solitude at the corner of an unknown room, the inelegant sculptures of Mukai are standing quietly, but vibrating an enormous energy, the energy of silent spirit, the energy which whisper to us about the fate of trees, the destiny of human beings and the cycle of life and death in this world,” he said.
The exhibition will run until May 22 at the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum, 66 Nguyễn Thái Học Street, Hà Nội. —
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Katsumi Mukai:Japan
Wattanachot Tungateja
Mukai Katsumi :Sculptor from Japan.
“Silent Talk” is the name of the sculpture and art exhibition by artist Wattanachot Tungateja (Thailand), sculptor Mukai Katsumi (Japan) and artist Cong Kim Hoa (Vietnam). Coming from 3 different cultures, the 3 artists have their own languages of expression and preferences in the use of media.
Wattanachot Tungateja uses the modern medium of acrylic paint. The shapes in his paintings look seemingly simple at first with fields of rocks or the sky, but when looked closely, they turn out to be abstract images of the world and humanity.
Cong Kim Hoa’s artworks are Vietnamese traditional lacquer paintings. Her abstract works are constituted by bold shades and brushstrokes, and successfully take advantage of the color lacing technique of lacquer art. In her paintings, sometimes shapes and strokes are just a tool to emphasize a deep, rich background.
Mukai Katsumi is a familiar name with Vietnamese art lovers. He has visited Vietnam many times before and has his works displayed in several grand art centers in Vietnam. His works featured in “Silent Talk” are made of wood, not gigantic but not so small either. These wooden sculptures are not human-shaped, not anything-shaped, but evoke in many a déjà vu – those of the invisible links between human and nature.
After working together in many collaborative art projects in different countries, these three artists will meet once again in this exhibition at Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
Cong Kim Hoa (Vietnam)
Prof.Wattanachot Tungateja& Wife
Prof.Wattanachot Tungateja
