Lacquer exhibition opens in Ho Chi Minh City

Nearly 100 lacquer paintings by three Tam Giac Mach (Buckwheat Flowers) group members were introduced to art enthusiasts at an exhibition which opened at the Ho Chi Minh City Arts Museum on October 13.
A visitor taking photos of paintings on display at the exhibition
A visitor taking photos of paintings on display at the exhibition

The exhibition, the fourth ones hosted by the Tam Giac Mach Group, features artworks by painters Tran Quang Hai, Nguyen Truong Linh, and Trinh Que Anh.

Despite utilising the same material, the three painters pursue different art styles.

While Tran Quang Hai prefers to focus on the love for life, the beauty of women, and simple happiness, Nguyen Truong Linh explores the bond between people and nature and cultural remnants, and Trinh Que Anh shows interest in natural beauty and the contrast between the light and the dark.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, painter Le Xuan Chieu, Vice President of the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association, hailed that the works on display show the artists’ passion for preserving the soul of traditional lacquer art.

The exhibition will run until October 22 at 97 Pho Duc Chinh, Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

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