Art exhibition "Da Lat - Good Land" by artist Vi Quoc Hiep

(LĐ online) - On the morning of December 16, at the Labor Culture House, the Lam Dong Literature and Arts Association held the opening ceremony of the fine arts exhibition "Da Lat - Good Land" by artist Vi Quoc Hiep. Attending were leaders of departments, branches, Da Lat City, artists, writers and artists, and a large public who love visual arts.

Leaders of Lam Dong Literature and Arts Association presented flowers to congratulate painter Vi Quoc Hiep

The exhibition introduces to the public 130 paintings about ancient villas, flowers, land and people of Da Lat. They are the results of the hard work of artist Vi Quoc Hiep over the past 5 years. According to him, creating art is never easy for a responsible artist. Whether it is literature, poetry, music, painting, photography, all require passion and talent, but the most important thing is still technique and skill. We must create our own mark, so that the public can immediately recognize the author just by looking at the work.

In his opening speech, poet Thanh Duong Hong - Chairman of Lam Dong Literature and Arts Association emphasized: Painter Vi Quoc Hiep is a citizen from the North who chose the good land of Da Lat as his second homeland. For the past 45 years, he has lived his life to the fullest, burning himself out for art. To date, painter Vi Quoc Hiep has successfully organized 25 solo exhibitions in Lam Dong, Hanoi , Ho Chi Minh City, Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen, Ha Giang; especially 2 quite successful exhibitions in Korea and Thailand.

Friends of artists and writers throughout the country know that Vi Quoc Hiep is a multi-talented artist. He has composed many genres of fine art, poetry, and music . Particularly in the field of fine art, Vi Quoc Hiep has been successful with thousands of paintings depicting quite vividly Da Lat, ancient Da Lat villas, portraits of Dr. Yersin - the person who discovered Da Lat 130 years ago, portraits of beauties, flowers, landscapes, nature and people...

Today, with 130 paintings of various themes and materials: Synthetic oil paintings, pigments, powders, torn paper. This is the heart of artist Vi Quoc Hiep to pay tribute to his second hometown on the occasion of Da Lat City's 130th birthday.

Leaders of Da Lat City People's Committee presented flowers to congratulate painter Vi Quoc Hiep

Mr. Vo Ngoc Trinh - Vice Chairman of Da Lat City People's Committee acknowledged the contributions of artist Vi Quoc Hiep to the city and emphasized: "The exhibition of paintings "Da Lat - Good Land" by artist Vi Quoc Hiep is part of a series of programs to celebrate Da Lat's 130th anniversary of establishment and development, receiving the title of UNESCO Creative City of Music. This honorable title is thanks to the dedication of artists; including artist Vi Quoc Hiep.

I know that after the country's reunification, painter Vi Quoc Hiep from Ha Giang province came to Da Lat, choosing this place as his second hometown. He contributed many good songs and poems to Da Lat, especially on major holidays, Flower Festivals, and important events of the city. The painter made positive contributions with his paintings and art exhibitions.

In particular, he has made great contributions to the training of young artists, the construction of open art spaces such as Hillside Street, Art Road, murals on Le Dai Hanh Slope... In the near future, Da Lat will organize competitions, hoping that artist Vi Quoc Hiep will continue to be creative, contribute more, continue to work with the city to create many works of art along Prenn Street, select photography and painting works to paint on the newly expanded road, making the road to Da Lat more beautiful".

Delegates visit the exhibition

Painter Vi Quoc Hiep was moved when at the exhibition there were friends from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and many artists, sculptors, and painters who are his colleagues.

Sculptor Dinh Thanh expressed his admiration: “If you type “Painter Vi Quoc Hiep” on Google, hundreds of articles, pictures, and reports will appear with full information about him. Painter Vi Quoc Hiep was born in 1948 in Lang Son, one of the few painters who received formal training at the Vietnam University of Fine Arts; after graduating in 1971, he worked in Ha Giang; in 1978, by chance, he was sent to Da Lat by the Ministry of Culture.

He is a multi-talented artist, a musician, a poet, a painter, with many collections of poems and songs that have been published, introduced, won awards, and are well received and loved by the public. In painting, he still carries two main themes: women and ancient villas, but he still goes straight, leisurely and freely, ready to think about the end of the horizon of painting. The women in his paintings are gentle, their dresses are bright, their innocent smiles are not tainted by worldly dust, but still make men swoon. On the contrary, his ancient villas are discreet, hidden behind rows of sunflowers, bright yellow mimosa, and the heart-wrenching green hills of Da Lat.

Public visiting the exhibition

The artist's paintings are present in the National Museum and in collections around the world, proving that his art lovers do not distinguish between nationality or race, but in the subconscious of those who love Da Lat and love the author. Decades ago at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, I stood in front of the painting "Tay Female Militia", stunned by the indigo color of the shirt, the pink color of the girl's cheeks, the way the image was arranged, the new composition made me remember the author "Vi Quoc Hiep".

In 1982, at Lam Dong Library, I saw a sketch of the work so I was curious to ask and met him, happily "reached the end" and became colleagues, exchanged compositions with him and made several sculptures. In a flash, he was 75 years old, for him, not only did he carry poetry and music, but he was tireless, still standing straight to go to the end of the horizon of painting".

Artist Vi Quoc Hiep introduces his work

The paintings of painter Vi Quoc Hiep have been brought to many places and countries around the world by collectors. The painter has donated more than 100 of his paintings to the Yersin Museum in Nha Trang. But he always wants his paintings of Da Lat to belong to the people of Da Lat, to stay in Da Lat. He wants to donate his paintings to any organization or individual with a kind heart who can build a painting museum in Da Lat.

The public takes pictures at the painting space

25 solo exhibitions in, outside the province and internationally, each of his exhibitions left a good impression on the public about the ancient villas of Da Lat, flowers and beautiful people; but covering all of Vi Quoc Hiep's paintings is the artistic language, the changing lines, the beautiful and unmistakable colors.

Come to the Labor Culture House to admire the painting “Da Lat, Good Land” by artist Vi Quoc Hiep. The exhibition runs from now until December 30, 2023.

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