One hundred works by eight Japanese and Vietnamese artists each are on display at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.
They are mostly oil, lacquer, and acrylic works.
The show’s sole installation work is by Takata Yoshiki, and it was inspired by the cultures of several countries, including Japan and Indonesia.
It features a small room with a chair, a fan, and some thin white curtains with landscapes on them. The landscapes are photos he took in small villages in Indonesia and France and the fan represents the wind in the Southeast Asian country.
Hiratsuka Ryoichi has brought a work titled “No subject” made of leaves from trees that grow in Japan that depicts bright and dark moments, joy and sadness.
Miwa Aki uses various shades of green in her work, with light green representing the spring wind in Japan and dark green standing for twilight.
Vietnamese artist Thanh Mai paints old women’s faces and cats.
The Japan and Vietnam Contemporary Art Exhibition 2010 at the Museum of Arts displays works by La Nhu Lan, Lam Triet, Nguyen Minh Phuong, Tran Trung Tin, Hua Thanh Binh, Tran Van Thao, Nguyen Thanh Mai, and Khai Doan of Vietnam, and by Takata Yoshiki, Hiratsuka Ryoichi, Tatsukuhama Yohichiro, Takashima Yoshiyuki, Kudo Mashide, Miwa Aki, Hashimoto Kenji, and Suganuma Minoru of Japan.
The exhibition, held by the city-based Blue Space Contemporary Arts Center, will be on until the 29th.
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