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| A visitor looks at a nude painting by artist Rung at Tu Do Gallery in HCMC- Photo: My Tran |
The exhibition will feature 16 oil paintings on canvas, a pottery work, a print of painting that was produced in 1965 but since lost and 17 photos of paintings by the artist from 1986 to 1991.
This exhibition displays works from Rung’s exhibition last year “Thanksgiving for Woman”. Works include nudes, flowers and fields of dreaming with rainbows and clouds.
Viewers will see many images of female nudes flying through scenes of stars, gardens and vaporous spaces.
“Women’s beauty is always my big inspiration. Their beauty makes me fly and urges me to paint to express my admiration, my love, my respect and my passion for women,” said Rung.
War is also another inspiration for Rung, not only in paintings, but also in most of his stories published in the U.S.
Rung said he plans to open a class in HCMC to teach people how to use colors to relax, to enjoy their hobby, and express their emotions . “People have a lot of ways to relax and express their feelings such as singing, playing piano, cooking but they do not know that using colors is also an ideal way to bare the emotion.” The painter, who held his first exhibition in 1960, added that 50 years is a long time to live but is very short for the arts, so he will continue to paint and to write until the last breath.
Born in 1942, Rung was born Nguyen Tuan Khanh. Since his first show, he has had 21 solo exhibitions and joined 30 group exhibitions in Vietnam and abroad. Rung has held about eight solo exhibitions in Vietnam. He has lived in California since 1994.
