Dang Van Quynh And The Breathing Rhythms Of The City
Art has a special function, which is to “pass on memories”. However, it is not enough to only store it in words and only hold it by writers. We must consider other types of art besides poetry, especially visual art such as painting because it is truly “repainting” a living world. It is also a very personal perspective of the artist at that time.
One of the people who is passionate about accumulating memories from what they see is artist Dang Van Quynh. He was born in 1982, a child raised in the cradle of art and culture of the country – Hanoi. Dang Van Quynh graduated from Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts in 2007. He has had many exhibitions at home and abroad, his works are kept in art collections in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and France, Australia, America and many other countries.
Artist Dang Van Quynh lived a leisurely life, tasting every corner of the capital and then capturing the breath of this place and putting it into his work. It must be said that only people who have loved someone somewhere can tell it – no matter what style of writing – in the most honest way. Because memories, love or emotions are not easy things to lie about, it is a taboo for artists if they want to create works that make others moved. Except for artists who have reached the master level of Surrealism and created their own space-time, forcing emotions into a scene that they have never understood will lead to As a result, the artist loses connection with both the viewer and himself. Viewers have difficulty understanding what they see and artists no longer know who they are in the work they create.
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Dang Van Quynh’s paintings are a harmony between romantic and realistic brushstrokes. Because he has looked in that scene long enough to see the specific depths and stories, Dang Van Quynh always knows how to distill every precious detail so that those seemingly small things, in turn, tell the story. The story is much larger in scope. He captured the beauty of Hanoi in the yellowing walls tinged with time, the beautiful and poetic windows under the porch filled with sunshine and flowers. Small motorbikes and bicycles nestled next to doors, shops, and sidewalks. He “searched” for scenes familiar to the people of the old town but brought a new visual angle to them with a very special color thinking.
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Dang Van Quynh’s use of color is divided into two main directions: depicting scenes with contrasting, colorful arrays of colors or minimizing colors so that the scene’s hues tell their story. Whether it is monochrome or a combination of many colors, Dang Van Quynh’s skillful understanding and practice of lighting for landscapes has made viewers rethink the ups and downs of the city. Perhaps Dang Van Quynh’s use of color and spatial thinking is his own characteristic, like a way to refresh the spirit and wash away old visual perspectives. And when we look at life through the eyes of artists, we realize that they have the same topic but they create unrepeatable values.
Come to Green Palm Gallery to enter warm spaces through the works of Dang Van Quynh.
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