Different trends of Vietnam ’s contemporary art have been introduced to
Russian art lovers through a painting exhibition recently held in the
Russian city of Vladivostok.
At the exhibition, Vietnamese
painters’ artworks stood along paintings created by artists from
Vladivostok , Ussuriysk and Krasnoyarsk cities, including that of
Olga Zotova, Associate Professor of the Far Eastern Federal University,
who is in charge of the event.
In 2012, Olga Zotova organised a
tour of Vietnam for Russian artists who made sketches depicting the
southern coastal city of Nha Trang in different styles.
Apart from exhibiting their paintings, participating Vietnamese
painters also visited museum, attended seminars and festivals, and
learnt new arts and handicrafts in Vladivostok, where cultures of
Russia, Japan and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has
intertwined.
Lacquer paintings by Nha Trang fine
arts students that they brought along will vie at the ASEAN painters’
contest in the city in August.-VNA