New look of Bac Giang fine arts

Novelty and unique in composition

Looking back at the 50 years of Bac Giang fine arts (1975 - 2025) we can clearly see the development. The quantity and quality of works have increased; materials and creative styles have been diversified, from mainly using colored powder on recycled newspapers to now moving to oil paint, lacquer, and silk. Sculptures from plaster and cement have gradually shifted to bronze, stone, wood, aluminum, stainless steel, iron, steel, and many new experiments. During the resistance war and the years of the country's reunification, the artists' paintings were mostly for propaganda and agitation to serve the political tasks of the Party and State. In the following years, the role of fine arts has gradually expanded. The public clearly sees a generation of artists who are eager to find new forms of expression; ready to accept new trends in creation and achieve certain achievements.

Works by Bac Giang painter participate in art exhibition in Hanoi .

Generations of famous painters have made worthy contributions to Bac Giang fine arts. Currently, despite their old age, painters such as Ngo Xuan Thuan, Nguyen Duy Lap, Bui Ngoc Lan, Dao Xuan Duong... are still diligently creating and passing on their passion to the next generations. Middle-aged painters such as Vu Cong Tri, Truong Dinh Huy, Truong Quang Hai, Nguyen Van Tinh, Ngo Dac Loi, Vu Minh Huong, Luu Xuan Khuyen, Nguyen Chi Huong... have also shaped and stabilized their personal style in their works, with abundant creative energy and great influence. A typical example is painter Nguyen Chi Huong, born in 1979, working at the Department of Culture and Information of Son Dong district. He has created emotional works, carrying messages about preserving and promoting national cultural values.

Participating in the exhibition "Highland Stories" in Hanoi at the end of 2024, his fine art works truly reflect the daily life of people in the northern mountainous region. Each painting is a story, a perspective on customs, habits and portraits of simple, honest and close-knit highland people. Among them are works about the lives of ethnic minorities in Son Dong district such as: "Dao woman", "Minutes of leisure"; "Dream on the back"; "New Year's story". Along with that are works expressing customs and habits imbued with the traditional culture of the ethnic groups such as "Dao wedding", "Cap sac ceremony", "Praying for crops ceremony" ...

Or like painter Vu Cong Tri, born in 1976, has many wood sculptures and reliefs (ceramic, bronze) of high artistic value. In his works, the public sees the tranquility, the "zen" quality, towards pure beauty. Nature and people in his statues and reliefs blend, exchange, unify and transform into a sensual and lively entity.

The good news is that the team of young artists is growing, the number of members participating in the Fine Arts Association (Provincial Literature and Arts Association) is increasing and most of them are trained through formal schools. The number of creations each year is greater, diverse in perspective, expression methods as well as materials, making a practical contribution to the artistic development of the province.

Affirming talent

The next generation of artists in the renovation period tend to have multi-style and experimental art. The artists have gradually integrated with international trends but still pay attention to expressing their own identity based on personal experiences and unique perspectives. The confidence, freshness, and seriousness in artistic creation have gradually narrowed the gap in the level and quality of Bac Giang fine arts with the general level of Vietnamese fine arts. At the same time, they still reflect the breath of life, cultural identity, and the construction and development of Bac Giang in their works.

The work "Tropical Garden" by author Vu Cong Tri (Bac Giang) won the A prize at the 28th Northwest - Viet Bac Regional Fine Arts Exhibition III in 2023.

In addition to the national art exhibition, since 1996, the Vietnam Fine Arts Association has annually organized regional art exhibitions to create an open playground for painters and sculptors to exchange, learn, and share creative experiences, bringing art works to the public as quickly and clearly as possible. Thanks to that, Bac Giang fine arts have developed strongly, extensively and diversely, with great influence in the Northwest - Viet Bac region and the whole country. The number of works by artists in the province participating and being exhibited is increasing, and the quality is getting higher and higher.

The confidence, freshness and seriousness in artistic creation have gradually narrowed the gap in level and artistic quality of Bac Giang fine arts with the general level of Vietnamese fine arts.

According to the assessment of the members of the Central Arts Council, the current team of Bac Giang artists has a solid level of skills and invests in good materials to create works. The artistic thinking in the works has a personal style and unique mark. More and more works of Bac Giang artists are selected and displayed in national art exhibitions; many works have won awards.

Typically, painter Vu Cong Tri won a total of 11 awards at regional and national exhibitions, of which at the 2023 Northwest - Viet Bac Regional Art Exhibition III, he won the A prize with the sculpture "Tropical Garden" (wooden statue). At the 29th Northwest - Viet Bac Regional Art Exhibition III in 2024, painter Luu The Han was awarded the C prize with the work "Bac Son Afternoon".

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Source: https://baobacgiang.vn/dien-mao-moi-cua-my-thuat-bac-giang-postid418173.bbg