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The central city-born photographer, Nguyễn Văn Mỹ, or Mỹ Dũng, 66, and his wife, Trần Thị Cúc have introduced their photo and painting exhibition, ‘Sea with our view’, and ‘Spring blossom in dark colour shades’, at an exhibition in Paris.
Local photographer Nguyễn Văn Mỹ (first right) and his wife Trần Thị Cúc (centre) have introduced 80 works of photos and paintings at an exhibition in Paris. Photos courtesy of Mỹ Dũng
ĐÀ NẴNG – The central city-born photographer, Nguyễn Văn Mỹ, or Mỹ Dũng, 66, and his wife, Trần Thị Cúc have introduced their photo and painting exhibition, Sea with Our View, and Spring Blossom in Dark Colour Shades, in an exhibition in Paris, France.
Dũng said the exhibition, on display at different sites between May 18 and June 31, is a collection with 60 photos and 20 paintings by the two from the 1990s.
He revealed that his Sea with Our View photo collection was created during a three-month field trip in the coastal area from Trà Cổ in Quảng Ninh province to the southernly point of Cà Mau.
Fishing Boat, a black and white photo shot by Nguyễn Văn Mỹ. The photo is on display at an individual exhibition in Paris, France between May and June.
The photographer has also put on show his 135-page photo books at the exhibition for both oversea Vietnamese and French visitors.
“It’s the first time we have showed our works in France. Earlier, I myself had exhibited in Canada and the US. Our photo collection depicts different angles of life and culture in rural fishing communities from Móng Cái town in Quảng Ninh province to Cà Mau,” he said.
A photo of an old woman carrying baskets of fish on a beach in central Việt Nam by Đà Nẵng-born photographer Nguyễn Văn Mỹ.
“I was born from a fishing village in Sơn Trà peninsular, so I have almost spent time recording the image of local fishermen and traditional culture of fishing villages as well as the natural beauty of ocean and beaches since 1984.”
In the past years, Dũng also opened his own café in an installation decoration space with warnings on traffic accidents and a celebration of safe driving.
His wife, artist Trần Thị Cúc, 66, who graduated from Huế of Fine Arts School, had several exhibitions in central Việt Nam.
A fair in mountainous area, a wood carving by Trần Thị Cúc. The work is displaying in an exhibition by Cúc and her husband in Paris, France.
Cúc depicts the beauty of spring in Việt Nam using dark colours and wood carvings working with the communities in the mountainous rural areas – where she put on free painting courses exploring the daily life and traditional culture of ethnic groups.
They hope that the exhibition is just the beginning of more art and culture exchanges put on show from local artists in France.
Flower, a painting by local artist Trần Thị Cúc of Đà Nẵng City. Cúc's painting is on display at an exhibition in Paris, France.
The exhibition also includes works by French-Vietnamese Vũ Trọng Thuấn, who has lived in France for 32 years, and created large-scale abstract paintings with lacquer and mixed acrylics in Đà Nẵng between 2012-2022.
He and his wife Thúy Ái have plans to build up an art creative space, Đà Nẵng City, in promoting the exchange in arts and culture among overseas Vietnamese communities in France and Europe and the central city’s artists.— VNS
