Before the Lunar New Year 2023, Mr. Dương Chí Dũng – Director of Shanghai Art Investment Fund, a dear friend of Viet Art View, sent information about the exhibition ‘Scenes of This World – Morden paintings from Singapore and Vietnam’. He excitedly announced that his Investment Fund had loaned three paintings by painters Lê Phổ, Nguyễn Gia Trí and Nguyễn Trung to the organizing committee, which are currently owned by the fund.
Nguyen Gia Tri, Provincial Village, 1940, Lacquer, wood on panel, in six parts, 3613/16 × 79⅛ inches (93.5 × 201 cm)
From January 18 to March 10, 2023, at the LGDR & Wei gallery in Hong Kong, the exhibition entitled ‘Scenes of this world – Modern paintings from Singapore and Vietnam’ features more than 30 works by 11 artists from two countries. Curator Karin G.Oen – a Singaporean scholar and dean of the Art History department at Nanyang Technological University is primarily responsible for the selection of paintings for the exhibition.
The exhibition ‘Scenes of this world’ was formed by the names of 11 artists; in which Vietnam has 7 representatives; Singapore has 4 representatives. This proves the attraction and love of Vietnamese painting.
Viet Art View have seen the catalog and found it to be a quality exhibition. More than 30 paintings by 11 artists were displayed. Vietnamese painting has 7 representatives including Lê Phổ, Mai Trung Thứ, Vũ Cao Đàm, Nguyễn Phan Chánh, Nguyễn Gia Trí, Nguyễn Trung. In which, Nguyễn Trung is the only Southern painter and also the youngest representative. Currently, he is living in Saigon. The 7th person, also one of the artists who worked in Vietnam but is a French, is none other than Alix Aymé, a beloved French female artist whose name is associated with paintings of Asia, in which the most famous of hers is about Vietnam.
Le Pho, Musical Moment, 1975, Oil on canvas, Work: 385/8 × 515/8 inches (98 × 131 cm)
Representatives of Singapore also includes big names such as Chen Wen Hsi (1906-1991); Cheong Soo Pieng (1917-1983); Georgette Chen (1907-1992); Liu Kang (1907-2001)…
Paintings in the exhibition are all borrowed from the Art Investment Fund or private collection. Mr. Dương Chí Dũng, director of Shanghai Art Investment Fund is very interested in Vietnamese fine arts. Over the years, the fund has invested quite a bit of money in collecting Vietnamese artworks. From the generation of painters at the Indochina Fine Arts College, to the young artists of the 8x, 9x generations later. Before the Covid-19 epidemic, Mr. Dương Chí Dũng still occasionally went to Vietnam, going to the studios of potential young artists or visiting international auction houses to collect Vietnamese paintings. The view of the fund is very clear when they consider this as a commercial investment channel like many other investment. Therefore, they choose Vietnam as an attractive cultural investment destination with great development potential.
Nguyen Trung, Flower, Fruit and Dream, 1999, Oil on canvas, Work: 59¹/16 × 707/8 inches (150 × 180 cm)
The exhibition is going on at LGDR & Wei in Hong Kong until March 10. Art lovers who have the opportunity to come to Hong Kong at this time, remember to take the time to visit the exhibition.
The great joy for Vietnamese painting.
Some pictures at the exhibition:
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