Innocence in Hoang Phuong Vy’s Paintings
Hoang Phuong Vy is no longer an unfamiliar name in the Vietnamese painting world. As the son of the late poet Hoang Trung Thong, he was exposed to art from a very early age, from which he developed an unbreakable passion for painting.
With simple yet sharp drawings and vivid color play, Hoang Phuong Vy has left in the viewer’s mind a brilliant sky where concepts can freely play. Poet Nguyen Quang Thieu (Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association) wrote: “I see many patterns on Vy paintings. Simple, rustic, strong, sturdy. To me, those are cultural codes located somewhere in the layered artifacts of contemporary life.” He himself once said: “Drawing is a journey to find yourself.”
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Hoang Phuong Vy is one of the few artists who follows the “Naïve art” school of Vietnamese painting. Throughout the paintings, that style of writing and aesthetic spirit is evident from the little girls and boys holding chickens, fish, holding fans, playing flutes, houses to the childishness of even adult characters. Distinguished by his simple, concise drawing style, Hoang Phuong Vy always places two separate objects, or sometimes two spaces next to each other, in the same small space.
Red next to blue, red next to pink, yellow next to brown, the colors are against smooth harmony, it doesn’t care about the principles in books that make the whole work impressive, leaving behind somewhat startled, or too gentle to the point of naivety. That’s why his paintings are always separate and independent – a childlike world separated between reality and absurdity, between luxury and spaciousness.
Hoang Phuong Vy was born in 1962 in Hanoi, graduated from Hanoi University of Architecture. He attended many important art events and had works exhibited in the US, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, China and Vietnam. Join Green Palm Gallery on a journey of self-discovery through the works of Hoang Phuong Vy!
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