ABOUT THE EVENT
This non-commercial and private solo exhibition will present the art work of one of Vietnam's leading expressionists with a strong part of his output dedicated to the exploration of an abstract language. It provides friends, family and art lovers the opportunity to meet the artist Dao Trong Luu in a relaxed atmosphere. Visitors can watch the broad range of techniques and styles of the artist while enjoying a small aperitif with delicious Vietnamese bites to eat.
MEET THE ARTIST
DAO TRONG LUU
Dao Trong Luu (1942-Present), Vietnam
Born in Hanoi in 1942, Dao Trong Luu completed the 1st Graduate Class of the Hanoi Fine Arts Pedagogic School in 1962. From 1964 to 1983, he taught at both a secondary school and the Young and Children's Fine Art Club in Hanoi. At the same time, he continued his studies with two of Vietnam's most noted artists, B.X.Phai and Ng Sang. Since 1984, Dao Trong Luu has worked as an independent artist, staging successful exhibitions in Vietnam and abroad, among others in France, Switzerland and Great Britain.
Commanding a broad range of techniques and styles, Dao Trong Luu is currently considered as one of Vietnam's leading expressionists with a strong part of his output dedicated to the exploration of an abstract language regularly deriving decisive inspiration from classical music as evidenced in many of his paintings.
The artworks of Dao Trong Luu is also an evidence of the wonderful combination of the mystery of Eastern art and the familiarity of Western Art. Since the Vietnamese have been influenced by both Asian and Western traditions and old Vietnamese art has been influenced by Chinese, Khmer and Chams, it is very often to see in Dao Trong Luu’s paintings the old symbolic letters, Chinese characters or figures expressed in his own style, imagination and tunes. It would therefore bring the creativity of people to different dimensions and horizons to the past, present and future.
The history of modern Vietnamese art began with the opening of French- established Ecole des Beaux-Art de Indochine in Ha Noi and experienced a rebirth of Vietnamese art after the liberation in 1980. In the pre-reform days, painters had to rely on state-supplied supplies such as East European paint that dried up in their tubes and canvas made from jute paper. Dao Trong Luu was among the artists which found a way to express the talent and emotions despite the suppression of freedom and challenges faced as a result of difficult living conditions. Therefore making Dao Trong Luu's art even more impressive and emotional in each piece.