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Artist Trinh Minh Tien with his work Thuy Phu has just won the highest prize in the first UOB Painting of the Year contest in Vietnam. Through his special spray-painted work on a car hood, Minh Tien cleverly highlights the contrast between man-made heritage and the impermanence of time and memory.
The first UOB Painting of the Year Awards ceremony in Vietnam was organized by UOB Vietnam Bank in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Organizers, guests and award-winning artists |
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Artist Trinh Minh Tien won the first UOB Painting of the Year award in Vietnam. |
As the top winner of the Established Artist category, artist Minh Tien received a cash prize of VND500 million and will compete for the prestigious UOB Painting of the Year award in Southeast Asia in 2023 with winning artists from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
The UOB Painting of the Year Southeast Asia Awards will be announced on November 8 in Singapore.
Artist Trinh Minh Tien shared that through Thuy Phu , he wanted to convey the concept of impermanence. Using the airbrush technique, he skillfully recreated the image of Hanoi Cathedral reflected on the hood of a car wet with rain.
Minh Tien describes the work: “Water represents flexibility, constant change, and impermanence. Water also has the meaning of cleansing, harmonizing, and soothing, washing away dirt, creating the source of creativity and healing. Phu means a place to live, symbolizing the geographical element. I hope that traces of what is glorious are buried and what exists are healed and mended by water. As life develops at an increasingly fast pace, we become more fragile and vulnerable, so we should cherish the present value even more.”
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Artist Trinh Minh Tien with his work |
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"Water Palace" |
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Visitors enjoy the works |
Painter Luong Xuan Doan, Chairman of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association and Head of the competition's Jury, highly appreciated Thuy Phu for its unique technique of expression, going beyond the framework of traditional painting when experimenting with new materials to convey the message.
In the Non-Professional Artist category, Ta Duy Tung received the Most Promising Artist of the Year award with his oil painting Fly on my way - On the road .
The work depicts a flying shoe with its laces untied, illustrating the difficulties, challenges and uncertainties the author overcame in his youth with a spirit of daring to confront and commit.
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Ta Duy Tung won the Most Promising Artist of the Year award. |
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Work “Fly on my way – On the road” |
In addition, in the category of Established Artists , the Organizing Committee awarded the Gold Prize to the work "Painting of Living Beings #1" (artist Pham Tran Viet Nam), the Silver Prize "Slowing Down Reality" (artist Lai Dieu Ha), and the Bronze Prize " The World " (artist Duong Ngoc Tuan).
In the category of Promising Artist , the Gold Prize went to “Qua Tinh Lang” (author Lam Phoi Dung), the Silver Prize “Tinh Khong” (author Nguyen Anh Vu) and the Bronze Prize “Lac Loi” (author Nguyen Huu Tang).
The winning works in the Established Artist and Emerging Artist categories will be on display at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre. The exhibition is free and runs until November 13.
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Enjoy the work "Painting Living Beings #1" by artist Pham Tran Viet Nam |
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The work "Reality Slows Down" by artist Lai Dieu Ha |
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The work "The World" by artist Duong Ngoc Tuan |
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The work "Through Silence" by author Lam Phoi Dung |
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The work "Emptiness" by author Nguyen Anh Vu |
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The work "Lost" by author Nguyen Huu Tang |
Launched in 1982, UOB Painting of the Year is the longest-running annual art competition in Singapore and one of the most prestigious in Southeast Asia.
The competition aims to promote arts and culture in the region, and showcase the talents of established and emerging artists. Since its inception, the competition has discovered more than 1,000 talents across the region. Expanding to Vietnam this year, the competition is a testament to UOB’s commitment to supporting arts and artists in Southeast Asia.
Mr. Victor Ngo, General Director of UOB Vietnam, shared: “We are delighted with the success of the competition. The competition creates a space for artists to express their talents and unlimited creativity. The works bring colorful, inspiring and meaningful stories about life.”
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