Golden Symphony, oil-on-canvas painting (212x282cm) by Hoàng Định. Viet Nam News A series of paintings by Vietnamese artist Hoàng Định and his Dutch colleague Somsak Chaituch will be on display this week at the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum. Hồng Vân reports. Hoàng Định is among the very few painters in Việt Nam to follow abstract expressionism, a form of art that is often characterised by flamboyant strokes and emphasises free, spontaneous and personal emotions. He will exhibit his finest paintings at the Dancing Colours of Nature exhibition, which will run at the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum from October 28 to November 6. The exhibition is the perfect mix of 14 oil paintings in the style of abstract expressionism by Định and Dutch painter Somsak Chaituch. As in music, the collaboration between east and the west, opera and eastern traditional music, between the seven notes and the … [Read more...] about A glimpse of abstract expressionism art
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STEM’s fine, but we need liberal arts to stem the rot
I am a sophomore double-majoring in English and Economics. For my January course, I took an econ course in Technology, Education, and Labor markets. The one key fact that I took away from it is this: education systems are all heart and eyes for economic growth, putting education itself at the beck and call of the economy. Which means that behind and despite all the lofty rhetoric, we are trained to become preferably well-oiled cogs in the market machine. What’s that? What does the market need now? Hi-tech skills? Here you go: We’ll turn out batches of well-educated, highly skilled, disciplined workers. The aim of higher education is to prepare students like me to be useful members of society. Institutions of higher education prepare us for the job market, because we accept that it is through our vocations that we make our biggest contributions to society. It is also this mindset that undermines liberal arts education in the U.S. and elsewhere, nudging students towards … [Read more...] about STEM’s fine, but we need liberal arts to stem the rot
May 1-7: Contemporary Concert “Nine Chapters of the Rain”
HANOI PERFORMANCE Musical Night “Let’s Be Broadway!” L’Espace 24 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District, In this special night, we are going to perform songs (or musical excerpts) from the timeless musicals such as “Wicked” and “Miss Saigon”. Also, guests can encounter a classic “Phantom of The Opera” and Disney’s all-time-favorite: “The Little Mermaid” and “Princess and the Frog” and many more. Ticket: VND400,000 – VND200,000 for students Contemporary Concert "Nine Chapters of the Rain" Manzi Art Space 14 Phan Huy Ich Street, Ba Dinh District, Contemporary music concert by the Hanoi New Music Ensemble features works by well-known international & Vietnamese composers. Ticket: VND200,000 EXHIBITION Exhibition "Manga Hokusai Manga" 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi The exhibition features Manga artworks by Katsushika Hokusai, focusing on genre, pictorial storytelling and … [Read more...] about May 1-7: Contemporary Concert “Nine Chapters of the Rain”
April 24-30: Ballet “Cinderella” in HCMC
HANOI PERFORMANCE Franz Schubert Cycle Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace 24 Tran Tien, Hanoi VNSO Orchestra will return to the L’Espace stage with the Franz Schubert cycle, under the baton of talented conductor Kim Xuan Hieu. After the Pavane op. 50 in F sharp minor of the French composer Gabriel Fauré, the VNSO Orchestra will perform the concerto in C minor for Trumpet by Benedetto Giacomo Marcello, Launy Grondahl’s concerto for trombone, and the Symphony No. 1 in D major, D.82 that Franz Schubert composed when he was only 16 years old. Ticket price: VND 170 000 Special price for members of L’Espace: VND 100 000 Special price for students: VND 80 000 Tickets are available at L’Espace. EXHIBITION Painting Exhibition on Deaf Culture: “Listen by Eye 2” L’Espace 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi Painting exhibition “Listen by Eye 2” 2017 follows up the film project “Listen by Eye” made by the Deaf in … [Read more...] about April 24-30: Ballet “Cinderella” in HCMC
VN, Korean artists break down boundaries
Viet Nam News At his recent exhibition, Vietnamese artist Bùi Công Khánh seems to have little sympathy for the concerns of his audience, as he takes them to a dark room and shows his replica of a city ruined by war. Entitled Mê Cung Trắng (White Maze) the work is being displayed at the first ever contemporary art collaboration by Vietnamese and South Korean artists in Hà Nội. Khánh's work is a multi-media installation using ceramics, pedestals, projectors, videos, camcorders and spot lights. He reproduced a broken maze with traditional Bát Tràng ceramics. A whole ruined city is enveloped in white clouds, which go slide through bloody battles, and might vanish without a trace. "My work is a maze or a city without people," said artist Khánh. "Images of the ruins of villages and cities in war zones, especially in Syria where the most brutal fights are going on inspire me. I want to depict the wealthy urban areas that have been left empty and broken." "The boundary between life and … [Read more...] about VN, Korean artists break down boundaries