HOW NGUYEN QUANG MINH DRAWS INNOCENCE
The attraction of shaping lovely charaters as dolls in Nguyen Quang Minh’s paintings is highlighted because of their features such as: small eyes, tails, willow leaves which make the viewers can not stop staring. The rural girls are oustanding with flexible moves such as: dancing, taking the flute or a bunch of flowers on their hands; these girls are gentle and elegant like urban girls or poetry and romantic like the faries in the folk stories. The background color in each painting always changes clearly, the color in the magic space – a non-contextual space but fulled of emtions. The artist’s brushstrokes show a lovely rebel combined with a smooth influence from folk drawings and illustration pictures to create a very unique “naïve” art style.
Another theme that appears throughout Nguyen Quang Minh’s works is the image of a young woman in Ao Dai. Ao Dai is a combination of pure sophistication with mysterious touches that make viewers unable to take their eyes off. And the mesmerizing beauty is perfectly conveyed through the works of Nguyen Quang Minh.
Without flashy colors, the girls in Nguyen Quang Minh’s paintings are very natural, like they are in a timeless photo. The artist was like a relative who lived in the same house, and when he passed by the “models”, he asked for a picture. The beauty of the woman in Ao Dai is directly received by the viewer without any complicated “bridge” or puzzle method. In an interview with Vietnamnet, he said: “Painting a girl is like falling in love”. That’s why there is a saying: “Beauty is not in the rosy cheeks of a young woman, but in the eyes of the beholder.” Without love, it is impossible to draw a young woman as in Nguyen Quang Minh’s paintings.
Nguyen Quang Minh was born and grown up in the 70s of the twentieth century. Like the writers and artists of his generation, his childhood was linked to the rural life topic: the fields, the buffalos enjoyably and slowly eating the green grass, the green trees, the realistic landscapes and scenic in his mind. In particular, the sound of flutes are emphasized in many art works as a reminiscene in the endless world. Each time the viewers enjoy watching paintings of the artist Nguyen Quang Minh, it is also a chance for each person to see an imagine that has passed away but now maybe it has just stayed in our mind. Without the use of contrasting colors or strange materials, his works carry a traditional breath but no less modern innovation.
Visit Green Palm Gallery to be led by the girl in Nguyen Quang Minh’s paintings to new artistic experiences!
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