Exhibition of large-scale lacquer paintings "Independence Spring"
The exhibition will take place at the Ho Chi Minh Museum (Hanoi) from August 10, 2025 to September 10, 2025.
The exhibition will display 20 large-sized paintings, including some up to nearly 20 square meters in size , from the exhibition “Independence Spring” by young artist Chu Nhat Quang.
The space of “Independence Spring” is like a journey through each typical event, where each architectural block carries the typical beauty of the region in the general unity of national culture, installed, interwoven, vividly blended with human images, reminding of historical events.
There, there is Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Lung Cu flagpole, the homeland's frontier, Truong Son road with bustling troops, Quang Tri ancient citadel, a bloody time, Nha Rong Wharf where Uncle Ho left to find a way to save the country, Truong Sa, Hoang Sa and Independence Palace, the final gathering point of the Great Victory Day of Spring 1975...
The highlight of this exhibition space is the two-sided lacquer paintings “Uncle Ho reading the Declaration of Independence” measuring nearly 8m long and nearly 3m wide and “North-South Unification” measuring 5m long and 4m wide, each weighing 2 to 3 tons, with two sides with the same theme.
The image of the beloved leader of the nation, a great personality, a cultural celebrity of Vietnam and humanity is vividly portrayed, depicting his intellectual stature, tolerance and affection for the country, for the people as well as the people and international friends for Uncle Ho.
Along with these two works, there is also a series of large-scale paintings called “Uncle Ho’s Road” recreating President Ho Chi Minh’s journey to find a way to save the country from Ben Nha Rong until he returned to Pac Bo to directly lead the revolution to liberate the nation and gain independence and freedom.
The highlight is the lacquer portrait of leader Nguyen Ai Quoc in 1920 during his days of active revolutionary activities in Paris (France) with the image in front of him being a wide horizon of liberation for the nation when he approached Marxism-Leninism.