Works by American artist and French-Vietnamese artist to be displayed in Da Nang
Wednesday, 20/03/2019 09:47 (GMT+7)
As many of 35 unique paintings and multimedia installation works created by American Artist Mark Cooper and French-Vietnamese artist Vu Trong Thuan will be displayed at an exhibition opening from March 20th in the central city of Da Nang.
Works by American artist and French-Vietnamese artist to be displayed in Da Nang
The event will be held to strengthen friendship and international cooperation, contribute to the achievements of Da Nang city in the field of cultural diplomacy, and at the same time to meet the demand for public enjoyment of art in the current period, on the occasion of the 44th Anniversary of Liberation Day of Da Nang city (March 29th).
Artist Mark Cooper currently lives and works in the field of art in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is known worldwide for large-scale installations. He has had many major exhibitions in different countries such as at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum; Yuan Art Museum (Beijing, China), Lesley University (Cambridge, England), Whitney Museum of American Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Institute of Contemporary Art , the Corcoran Museum, Butler Institute of American Art (USA), the City Museum of Paris (France), the Westlicht Museum (Austria).
Artist Vu Trong Thuan, after a long time settling in France, returned to Vietnam and chose Da Nang as his second homeland to fulfill his passion of drawing. He is an artist who had many contributions to the development of fine arts of the city and is known for his large-scale abstract paintings in lacquer and mixed acrylic materials.
The exhibition entitled “Bridge” will run at the Da Nang Fine Arts Museum until April 20th./.
Compiled by BTA