GOOD CAUSE - Lacquer painting Sen (Lotus) by 74-year-old painter Nguyễn Xuân Việt is on display at a virtual exhibition to raise funds for building houses for needy people in Quảng Nam and Thừa Thiên – Huế provinces. Photo courtesy of the organiser

HCM CITY — More than 100 paintings by 81 painters across Việt Nam are on showcase virtually to raise funds to build houses for needy people in the central province of Quảng Nam and Thừa Thiên – Huế.

The exhibition “Cây Đời Mãi Xanh 2023” (Evergreen Life 2023) features paintings in different materials such as lacquer, oil, acrylic, and watercolour, reflecting the beauty of the country, life, and portraits. Still-life paintings are also included.

The highlights of the exhibition are works by both veteran and young painters such as Nguyễn Xuân Việt, Ngô Xuân Hùng, Lại Văn Dũng, and Trần Huyền Thanh.

Việt, 74, showcases a lacquer painting named Sen (Lotus), depicting the beauty of Việt Nam’s popular flower.

He graduated from the HCM City Fine Arts University in 1982. He also studied lacquer painting with Nguyễn Gia Trí (1908-1993), a pioneer in the art of lacquer in Việt Nam.

His paintings have been displayed at exhibitions in Bulgaria, France, and Russia.

COLD BEAUTY : Acrylic painting Mùa Đông Trên Núi Cao (Winter in the Mountain) by Hoàng Văn Điểm. Photo courtesy of the organiser

Điểm, a graduate of Việt Nam Fine Arts University, introduces an acrylic painting Mùa Đông Trên Núi Cao (Winter in the Mountain) highlighting the beauty of the northern mountainous region in the winter.

The painter, a native of northern province of Lạng Sơn, has held several exhibitions in Việt Nam, India, Turkey, the Philippines, and China. He also received top prizes at national painting exhibitions.

Artist Ngô Trần Vũ of HCM City, the exhibition’s organiser and curator, said “Around 50 per cent of the profits from the painting sales will be used to build 10 houses for needy people in Quảng Nam and Thừa Thiên – Huế provinces.”

He added, “Through the exhibition, we want to introduce the best artworks by talented Vietnamese artists to art lovers across the country”.

The exhibition is raising funds until July 15.

All exhibited works can be viewed at facebook.com/ngotranvublog. — VNS