Lacquer paintings exhibition ‘Oriental Story’ by artist Trieu Khac Tien takes place at the Japan Cultural Exchange Center (27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi) from March 25th 2022 to April 24th 2022.
Painter Trieu Khac Tien was born in 1977 in Hanoi, his family has a tradition of painting. He is the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Painting, Vietnam Fine Arts University, successfully defended his PhD thesis in Fine Arts at Tokyo Fine Arts University (Japan). In fact, the name Trieu Khac Tien is not too strange to the art-loving public, because he has won many awards in both domestic and international fine arts. Trieu Khac Tien is also known as the ‘child prodigy of fine arts’ and he is the only child painter whose work is printed on the cover of Vietnam Fine Arts Magazine.
The exhibition ‘Oriental Story’ is both a summary of the extensive experimental research and study of painter Trieu Khac Tien, in order to Vietnameseize the specific techniques of the traditional Japanese lacquer technique, using the finest material paint of Vietnam; at the same time, it is also the beginning of a journey, marking new discoveries in recent creation when combining the meticulous technique required of a master, with new expressive abilities in the visual language of an artist.
Trieu Khac Tien ‘Cloud of Moutain’ lacquer, 2022, 52×141 cm
The works in the exhibition are created from 2016 to present. Each work on display is a study on the interference between Japanese lacquer painting and Vietnamese lacquer painting. This brings many interesting things with a new perspective to the art-loving public, especially lacquer paintings.
Trieu Khac Tien ‘Oriental Story 2’ lacquer, 2016, 91,5×91,5 cm
Coming to ‘Oriental Story’, viewers feel immersed in a peaceful realm, where there are gentle zen steps, where the artist’s own dream of distant lands is the delicate harmony between the Japanese zen garden and the green garden in the Vietnamese soul.
Painter Trieu Khac Tien shared: “To pratice Japanese lacquer techniques, I want to apply Japanese lacquer techniques to Vietnamese lacquer paintings so that I can have new directions and have new ideas about both surface texture as well as material handling techniques in the direction of refining the Japanese lacquer method.”
Trieu Khac Tien ‘Three Moons’ lacquer, 2019, 72×90 cm
Many Japanese lacquer techniques are directly applied to his works. For example, the painting ‘Three moons’, lacquer, 2019, 72×90 cm, artist Trieu Khac Tien used the technique of ‘suri urushi’ on paint to create a better effect for the glossy layer on the surface when showing rich gradations between cold and then silver coatings in the background, accentuating the central details. Or in the work ‘Womanhood’, three-panel lacquer, 2016, 35×52cm, with the idea of honoring the beauty of women, the artist used traditional Japanese lacquer techniques ‘rakaru, atsugai, makie and togidashi – makie’ to show exquisite details from necklaces, costume patterns, floral backgrounds.
Trieu Khac Tien ‘Womanhood’ lacquer, 2022, (35×52)×3
In addition to 29 lacquer works on display, the exhibition hall also has 55 boards showing lacquer techniques, Vietnamese and Japanese lacquer painting tools, to help viewers have a more specific view about the process of lacquer painting.
Through the exhibition, painter Trieu Khac Tien wishes to inspire young people who are learning lacquer, instilling passion and love for the profession. Especially now in the world of lacquer is a large land to bring the Vietnamese lacquer brand to the worldwide level, there is an exchange with the interferences and movements of contemporary lacquer art in the world today.
By Viet Art View
