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Bowled over: Studies on Vietnamese Fine Arts Scientific Information Bulletin 2008 includes articles on ancient and contemporary fine arts. — VNS Photo Truong Vi |
HA NOI — The Viet Nam University of Fine Arts's Institute of Fine Arts has published an English translation of its annual academic bulletin Studies on Vietnamese Fine Arts Scientific Information 2008, with plans to issue translations of the 2009 and 2010 editions next year.
The bulletin, a yearbook of the fine arts scene, has been published annually since 2002 and has been warmly received by experts for its form and full-colour content. The 300-page, lavishly illustrated 2008 edition contains articles on ancient and contemporary fine arts and applied arts.
"It has been commissioned to function as a bridge between Vietnamese fine arts and the world as well as a forum in which artists and researchers exchange their views on academic issues," said Institute of Fine Arts director Le Anh Van.
Printed by The Gioi (World) Publishers, the journal will be issued for free to research institutes, fine arts colleges and universities, libraries, galleries, diplomatic organisations and cultural centres.
"About seven years ago, I had a chance to visit South Korea's National Museum of Fine Arts and realised that many Vietnamese paintings were respectfully displayed in the halls," said the director of the The Gioi Publishers, Tran Doan Lam.
"The director of the museum told me that they were interested in learning more about Vietnamese fine arts but could find very few documents in English. I promised him that we would publish a work in English to serve international researchers. Now my promise has come true." — VNS