Vietnamnews: Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural artists put on exhibition
Riding the wave: The lacquer painting Red River's Wave by Nguyen Thu Thuy is on display at the exhibition.
HA
NOI — Artists participating in the Ceramic Road mural project have
mounted an exhibition entitled Dau An Ha Noi (Ha Noi Millennium Express)
in honour of the capital city's 1,000th anniversary in October.
The exhibition displays over 50 works, including ceramics, photography, sculpture, paintings, lacquerware and graphics, expressing the love and pride of the artists for Ha Noi.
The Ceramic Road is the mosaic along Ha Noi's levee road begun in March 2007. The project has attracted 20 Vietnamese and 15 international painters from 10 countries. Around 500 children from Viet Nam and abroad, 50 fine arts students and 100 artisans from traditional pottery villages have joined in completing the project.
The grey cement flood walls along the long levee road fronting the Hong (Red) River have been decorated with colourful painted ceramic mosaics.
"I believe that the Ceramic Road will be a proud hallmark in the minds of Ha Noi people," said painter Pham Viet Hong Lam. "The project will become famous worldwide."
Over 6,000sq.m of ceramic mural has been completed, with the remaining sections to be done soon, said painter Nguyen Thu Thuy, the head of the artists' group...
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Sample: The tile from Tony Heriza, Philadelphia, USA Artist - journalist Nguyen Thu Thuy and the New Hanoi Arts invite artists and anybody who loves to make ceramic from around the world to submit hand-made clay tiles to be included in a mural project named "Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural – A Gift for Hanoi's 1000 year Anniversary". All artist tiles will be installed in a part of wall named "Artist tiles around the World". Just imagine, there will be a day when you and your beloved people would visit Hanoi and you can show them the tiles in the famous Hanoi Mural's wall. Or, any traveler from your country will be very proud of you when they see your art-work there in Hanoi. They will say: "Oh, this is from my country!"...
