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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

People’s Artist, singer Y Moan loses cancer battle

Vietnamese People’s Artist Y Moan

Vietnamese People’s Artist and pop singer Y Moan died last Friday at the age of 53 after a long fight with stomach cancer, reports VnExpress.

The artist’s funeral will be held in the central highlands city of Buon Ma Thuot in Daklak Province on Tuesday morning. The artist wants to be buried in his garden to be always close with his family.

Born in 1957 in an poor Ede ethnic family, Y Moan started to sing at age seven when he joined a traditional ethnic band in Daklak Province. He studied at the Hanoi Conservatory of Music from 1979 until 1986.

Y Moan was famous for songs such as Oi M’Drak (Hey, M’Drak), Ly ca phe Ban Me (Ban Me coffee cup), Giac mo Chapi (Chapi’s Dream) and Doi chan tran (Bare foot), which expressed his love for his homeland.

Y Moan performed internationally in China, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand, Germany, Poland and France.

In 1997, Y Moan was recognized as a Meritorious Artist, for exceptional artistic achievements. In 2000 the Culture and Information Ministry recognized his lifetime career achievements. He also has been honored as People’s Artist, the highest honor given by the State for artists.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Japanese modern art on show in HCMC

Xu Mo No.1 by Vietnamese artist Lam Triet, which is on display at the Japan and Vietnam Contemporary Art Exhibition in HCMC

Photo: Tuoi Tre

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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