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Art & Entertainment Headlines January 9
Finger-painting
artist displays art works in Da Lat
A
painting exhibition by Vo Trinh Bien, a famous Vietnamese finger-painting
artist opened at the exhibition hall in
The
display presents to viewers 59 pictures which were selected from more than
100 oil paintings and created in 2013.
On the
occasion, the painter also introduces two painting books, measuring 90x110 cm
of each.
The
artist displayed a 200-kg calligraphy book of Binh Ngo Dai Cao, a famous
Vietnamese manifesto marking the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi in
2010.
Having
a passion for art since childhood, Vo Trinh Bien explored a new style of
drawing by fingers. He has launched few exhibitions which attracted local and
foreign visitors. Some of his art works have been displayed in
Rockstorm
to heat up capital
A
storm of rock music will heat up My Dinh Stadium in
The
RockStorm 2013 show in Hanoi has the participation of the Swedish band,
Andromeda and Vietnamese leading rock bands namely Buc Tuong (the Wall), Ngu
Cung (Pentatonic), Microwave, KOP, Oringchains and Thuy Trieu Do (red tide).
The
rock performing tour to six cities and provinces collected over VND1.6
billion from ticket sales that will go to the Operation Smile Viet Nam Fund,
and to fund poor studious students in each of the cities.
The
RockStorm 2013 tour concerts, this year themed “Burn with Aspirations”, took
place in Hai Phong, Hue, Da Nang, Bien Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, and Ha
Noi.
Rockstorm
has been organized and sponsored by MobiFone since 2007.
Magazine
names VN's top men of 2013
On
Tuesday night,
From
actors and singers to comedians and designers, the country's biggest stars
were present, including actors Johny Tri Nguyen, Thai Hoa, director Charlie
Nguyen, musician Nguyen Le, singer Tung Duong, artists Thanh Loc, Le Khanh,
fashion designer Cong Tri, and magicman Majik Nguyen.
At the
ceremony, 11 awards were presented across industries from film to art, music,
fashion and business.
The
Men of the Year awards were launched by The Thao, Van Hoa & Dan Ong
(Sports, Culture & Men) magazine in 2005. This was their third awards
ceremony.
Artists
pay homage to feminine beauty
The
beauty of women will be explored at a joint visual art exhibition at
Titled
Ve Nu O Viet Nam (Venus in
The
exhibition compares and contrasts perspectives of feminine beauty as it
relates to both gender and sexiness, providing an opportunity to look back at
local art that appeared during two important events in the 20th and 21st
centuries.
In
September 2012, an exhibition titled Venus in
At the
time, delicate suitcases made of cardboard and miniature female figurines
placed inside cigarette boxes were a special treat for the public.
During
the 1980s, Tan was among the first to exhibit new styles of art in
He is
considered a pioneer of various art forms of the pre-doi moi (renovation)
period [pre-1986].
Some
of his sculptures were displayed at the Sculpture Triennial in
Nguyen
Nghia Cuong, who graduated from the Viet Nam Fine Arts College, is known for
his ironic view of contemporary realism.
In his
latest work, titled Beauty High Quality, he explores the common features of
popular culture and advertising.
The
upcoming exhibition in
The
organiser, the Goethe Institute in
Lenzi
will discuss Tan's women and the symbols of beauty in his art, while
Kraevskaia will talk to Cuong about his works and ideology. The talk show,
which is to be conducted in Vietnamese and in English, will air at 3.30pm on
Sunday at the museum on 97A
Art
films on Ha Noi daily life to hit screens
Manzi
Art Space will kick-start a new series of experimental movie and video art
screenings entitled Chieu Bong (Vietnamese for Cinema) with the screening on
Sunday of The Sound We See: A Ha Noi City Symphony – a cinematic exploration
of the dynamic urban environment of
For a
month, 18 local filmmakers worked together to document the rhythm and
movement of daily life in Ha Noi from their unique perspectives. Dividing the
day into its two-dozen hours, participants shot locations they felt best
represented the city at each particular time of day and night with each hour
becoming one minute in the final film. The result is a spectacular 24-minute
journey through the city as it has never before been experienced, shot on
black and white Super 8 motion picture film and hand-processed by the
filmmakers.
A
series of experimental short films by Ha Noi Doclab's filmmakers entitled
Four Windows will also be introduced.
The
screening will start at 8.30pm at Manzi Art Space,
Art
performances to welcome Tet in Hanoi
From
9pm of January 30 (the last day of the lunar year), art performances will
warm up the atmosphere around firework display venues in districts across the
city.
A
special programme to welcome New Year’s Eve will also be held at the August
Revolution Square and the Thang Long Imperial Citadel.
On
February 3-5, local people will be entertained with comedy shows, circus
displays and Cheo (Vietnamese traditional opera) performances.
Hoang
Sa sovereignty exhibition held in Danang
An
exhibition which proves
The
event was jointly held by the Quang Nam provincial Department for External
Affairs, the Hoang Sa district People’s Committee,
On
display are nearly 300 documents, items, publications and maps collected by
domestic and international researchers and scholars.
The
exhibits, including those from
Meanwhile,
Danang city’s leaders have approved a project to build a museum on 714sq.m.
to display historical documents, maps, and items demonstrating
The
museum will be located on
Military
artists perform in Laos
A
Vietnam People’s Army art troupe performed at the
Lao
National Assembly Chairperson Pani Zathotou, many senior officials of the Lao
Party and State, and a large number of military officials and soldiers
attended the event.
The
performance, a cultural exchange for the Vietnamese and Lao people, received
a tremendous applause from the audience, thus enhancing bilateral friendship
and solidarity.
The
Vietnamese art troupe made a performance tour of
Homeland
Spring to greet overseas Vietnamese
The
annual Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) performing arts programme for
overseas Vietnamese will be organised on January 23 this year, according to
the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Foreign
Ministry.
The
annual programme welcomes overseas Vietnamese returning to the country for
the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, which falls on January 31 this year. The
event will be held at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in
Overseas
Vietnamese artists are expected to wow the Hanoian crowd with special
performances.
There
are currently around 4 million overseas Vietnamese living and working in 103
countries and territories.
New
documentary features tai tu music
Vu
Khuc Dong Duong ( Indochina Dance), a new documentary featuring tai tu
traditional music of southern
The
original Indochina Dance was discovered by the Australian-Vietnamese music
expert Nguyen Le Tuyen while he was conducting research on the musical genre
at the French National Library last year.
The
dance was performed by famous French ballet dancer Cleo de Merode,
accompanied by artist Nguyen Tong Trieu's tai tu music troupe. According to
Tuyen's discovery, it was last performed at the Indochina Theatre at the
Paris International Fair in 1900.
Artist
Nguyen Tong Trieu was the founder of a well-known tai tu music troupe in the
early 20th century in the Mekong Delta region.
The
new version of Indochina Dance features
Taking
part in the production of the new version of Indochina Dance, besides Tuyen,
are Prof. Yves Defrance of
Exhibition
honours Vietnamese folk paintings
An
exhibition of 15 Vietnamese traditional paintings will open at L'Espace,
Titled
Vietnamese Folk Painting – Trio Painting Sets, the exhibition features
selections from Henri Oger's Technical Encyclopedia and Maurice Durand's Folk
Paintings – both studies done in the first half of the 20th century in
northern
The
event will also feature unpublished wood carvings of Luc Van Tien coloured
paintings dating back to the late 19th century.
The
exhibition is held by the French Development Agency and the
Seminars
led by well-known scholars will be held within the framework of the
exhibition.
The
exhibition will stay open until February 28.
British
electro music artist to perform
British
electronic music artist, DJ, visual artist and actor Goldie will perform at
Lush bar today.
Goldie
is well known for his innovations in the jungle and drum and bass music
genres. In 1995, his first studio album Timeless entered the
The
show will start at 9pm at
Japanese
jazz band performs at City Sofitel
Japanese
jazz band Salon de Saigon will perform at
The
group, formed in 2012 with five female artists and one male drummer, will
play both traditional jazz tunes and Japanese blues.
The
performance will begin at 8pm. The hotel is at
Calligraphy
students usher in Tet at VinSpace
Art
gallery VinSpace will host calligraphy classes for adults and children on
January 18 to welcome Tet.
Students
will learn to write in traditional Vietnamese calligraphy New Year wishes,
producing an ideal gift for friends and family.
The
classes are from 10am-12pm for kids and 2-4pm for adults. The VinSpace Garage
is at
My Duc improves
infrastructure for forthcoming festival
The
opening of a new road system will aid people wishing to enjoy the upcoming
Huong (Perfume) Pagoda Festival in My Duc district in the outskirts of
The
district People’s Committee on January 7 announced that a new 7km road from
Phu Ly city in Ha Nam province through to the pagoda has been opened,
increasing the number of routes to the pagoda to four, which is set to reduce
the traffic load for the upcoming annual festival.
The
Huong Pagoda is a vast complex of Buddhist temples and shrines built into the
Huong Tich limestone mountains in My Duc district’s Huong Son commune, about
60km from central Hanoi.
The
site is most crowded during the festival, which takes places during the first
three months of the Lunar New Year.
In
order to ensure good services and safety for visitors during the Huong Pagoda
Festival this year, authorities in My Duc have also invested 18 billion VND
(850,000 USD) in building other facilities.
According
to the festival managers, they will continue to inspect and manage
food-beverage businesses to ensure food hygiene and safety, security, and a
clean environment during festival time.
Local
music, paintings to be showcased in Singapore
A
music show featuring Vietnamese singers Bang Kieu, Hong Nhung, Le Hieu and
Phuong Vy will take place at the famous Marina Bay Sands resort in
Themed
“Da Khuc Mua Xuan” (Spring Serenade), the show is organized to bring the
atmosphere of Vietnamese Tet to Vietnamese people living and working in
Singapore as well as Vietnamese tourists there. The audience will see love
and spring-themed songs which have made the reputations of the participating
singers. Besides solo performances, the singers will also perform never been
seen before duets.
Tickets
can be bought at www.sistic.com.sg or Dong Dao Music Lounge,
Four
days later, the Hanoi-based CUC Gallery will participate in the Art Stage
Singapore 2014 fair from January 15 to January 19 also at the Marina Bay
Sands. The Gallery will present paintings by local artists including Nguyen
Trung, Do Hoang Tuong, Nguyen Son, Ly Tran Quynh Giang and Duong Thuy Lieu.
Founded
by Lorenzo Rudolf, Art Stage Singapore has attracted art collectors and
artists from many countries with a focus on Asian contemporary art. Last year
it attracted more than 35,000 visitors with the participation of over 100
galleries from 23 countries.
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