April 2001 Newsletter

Hi from Giang at Vietnam Art Gallery!

Thanks for subscribing to our newsletter at the site, this is the first message we've sent, so please bear with us. We're new at this. ;=)

Just last week, I arrived back from Hanoi where I purchased more art by the following artists: Nguyen, Hoang Minh, Ha, Tam, Hoang Giap, and Van Anh.

While I was there I asked Minh to tell us about his art and how it fits in with the world, and he replied:

"To us, truth does not exist in the outside world, but in the unconsciousness. Legends of very sensitive feelings where a more splendid, never-world has been created and where only stay the truth and the beauty."

I particularly like the imagery that 'never-world' conjures. (Apologies for any mistranslations, but I think I got it pretty much correct.)

Hoang Minh - To fly a kite 4 - $300 - more >>

I met and spoke with Van Anh, a relatively young lady artist in Hanoi also. She had this to say about her wonderful "harvest" studies:

"In nature, light is great crown, which increases the nobility and the majesty of mountains, forests, flowers, and grass. In painting, light forms the living shape and stroke, and is also the shape & the stroke itself . It can move or play on the canvas, depending on how big or small, thick or thin it is, and depending on the way it is arranged."

Van Anh - Harvest 14 - $250 - more >>

And finally, the artist I'm most excited about introducing to you – Ha has a superb cubist style and I currently have only 12 original works by him. Take a look at his work at here. I suggest you act quickly if you are keen to own any of these fantastic works.

I asked Ha what he thought of the blossoming art scene in Vietnam…

I am very glad to see Vietnamese Art in the world now. Between 1988 and 1990, seen by many as a landmark period in Vietnam and especially in Ho Chi Minh city, the first real art market came into being.

Earlier, back in the early 1980s, some overseas Vietnamese from U.S., Australia , and Canada came back to collect paintings of famous artists of pre-1975 Saigon, for example, Ngoc Dung , Thai Tuan , Vi Y, Duy Thanh, as well as the work of such renowned artists as Nguen Gia Tri, Bui Xuan Phai, et... Their activity gradually became a catalyst for the emergence of the new and exciting art market from 1990 onwards.

Before 1990, it was scarce for a Vietnamese artist to sell his painting for over USD$1,000. But since early 1992, however, the prices of Vietnam's paintings has soared up significantly due to their distinct quality . The price of about $3,000USD for a painting was quite common. In 1993 , Ho Huu Thu's abstract lacquer paintings were sold at the price USD$15,000 to a Japanese collector . At the end of 1995, in Lavong Gallery in Hong Kong an oil-painting by the same artist was sold at USD 50,000 , breaking all doubts on the prices of the artist' s paintings in domestic market and providing a stimulus for other artists.

Ha - Portrait 10 - $160 - more >>

Also from the year 1990, many Vietnamese Artists were asked by collectors, galleries and the World Cultural Association to display their paintings at international Exhibition for the first time.

From then on a multinational market appeared featuring increasing numbers of international collectors coming to Vietnam to buy paintings on the spot, and to invite individual artists or groups of artists to participate in overseas exhibitions…

However opportunities for the majority of artists to exchange with the world are still scarce . For some gifted artists, their difficult financial conditions are a major obstacle as they do not easily have opportunities to come into contact with art collectors.

So I am a painter and collector myself – thanks for including my paintings on this website, and to all of you reading, please buy Vietnamese art!"

Best regards,

Le Giang.

============== Artist Roster ==============

Our database of up-and-coming artists has doubled in the last few months and we now have over 750 original art pieces in our database -- one of the largest virtual galleries on the Internet! Here's a rundown on the artists you'll find in our pages. Think you can pick the next Bui Xuan Phai?

Bich Ngoc * Che Cong Loc Ha Hoang Giap Hoang Minh Lai Long Le Chuon Le Thiet Cuong *	Le Thua Luong Dung Mai Long * Manh Phu May Minh Duc Minh Phu * Minh Phuong	Nghiem Quang * Nguyen Duy Nhi * Nguyen Lieu Nguyen Nguyen Nguyen Van Bay Phu Nhieu Van Anh *
* denotes artist is from Hanoi

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