NGUYEN THANH BINH – BREATHE ARTISTIC SOUL INTO LOVE
Nguyen Thanh Binh was born in 1954 and graduated from Hanoi Fine Arts College and Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts. His paintings have been exhibited in Paris, Hong Kong, Osaka, Seoul, Malaysia, Luxembourg, Thailand, Dubai, Tokyo, England, and many other countries around the world.
Nguyen Thanh Binh once said: “In the world, whoever turns a fragile moment of emotion into immortality, that person is an artist.” Famous for his mother-daughter, ballet, and schoolgirl paintings, Nguyen Thanh Binh doesn’t try to find big surprises for viewers but seems to focus on creating attraction with genuine emotion. Each brush stroke is the result of hard practice and refinement to fully capture the spirit.
In Nguyen Thanh Binh’s paintings, from any angle, the impression of a woman also exudes a sense of calm and relaxed demeanor. In the art world of this artist who has a lot of love for women, the most prominent are the elegant ballet dancers, the graceful schoolgirls in the ao dai, and the loving hugs shown.
Nguyen Thanh Binh’s paintings are always full of emotions, and emotion is the secret weapon that makes each of his paintings a masterpiece. Nguyen Thanh Binh paints as the play of a talented romantic. That weapon explains the reason why, after many years of making art, Nguyen Thanh Binh’s paintings are always loved by domestic and foreign art lovers, still like a beautiful girl who does not tire of her eyes, still lurks somewhere in the depths of a soft, poetic soul. Nguyen Thanh Binh accepts the profession of painting as a peaceful salvation for human life, and by itself, painting itself comforts and lifts the sleep of sentient beings in the world. It also contains a mixture of joy, sadness, and pain that is always present.
Motherhood has always been an endless source of inspiration for generations of artists. The great Irish writer James Joyce said, “Anything can be uncertain, but motherhood is the exception.” In the field of painting, it can be said that Nguyen Thanh Binh is one of the leaders in bringing the beauty of motherhood to a new level in his works. The mothers in Nguyen Thanh Binh’s paintings do not show their faces clearly, but every gesture, every tilt of their head and back, is imbued with love for the little creature in their hands. The mother is depicted in very everyday actions: Holding her baby, breastfeeding, lulling her baby to sleep, etc. The paintings do not use strong colors but evoke in the viewer’s heart waves of intense emotions, as the artist himself shares: “Pure white does not yet produce any visual effect, but when it is a gradation, the effect appears, and more so when it is placed in relation to another color.”
Visit Green Palm Gallery to feel the loving, artistic eyes of Nguyen Thanh Binh!
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Gallery in Hanoi: 39 Hang Gai, Hanoi, Vietnam
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