Artists pay tribute to Steve Jobs

The exhibition features 21 lacquer paintings by painter Bui Van Khoa, a statue by sculptor Le Dinh Quy, and contributions from Apple and Steve Jobs researcher Dr. Nguyen Duc Tien.

The American TIME magazine considers Steve Jobs as having a similar global influence as other luminaries like Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, and George Washington.

The exhibition aims to illustrate the life and legacy left by the great visionary and his company Apple, focusing on 7 milestones essential to the advancement of the US information technology industry over the past 35 years.

Visitors will find it interesting to see interpretations of the creation of the iPod and iTunes, two Apple products that have revolutionised the music industry. They can also enjoy funny images from the Toy Story 3D cartoon, an inspiration for many more recent popular films.

The artworks attempt to capture the Buddhist humanity, which Jobs cited as his own inspiration, as well as the combination of creativity, perfectionism, and hard work so essential to his success.

They also address his business philosophy—his goal of creating products as inherently familiar and ubiquitous as the humble apple. Even though Jobs’ products were expensive, their design remained targeted at the everyman.

His fans can obsess over the Hope painting, a depiction of the time when he suffered from serious illnesses. Jobs reportedly only wanted to live long enough to attend his son’s high school graduation and present him with his own bicycle.

The exhibition’s sculpture of Jobs’ steel and composite torso is 2 metres high and placed on a round pedestal embellished with Picasso’s paintings of the meeting between seven ancient philosophers. The philosophers represent the seven fundamental sciences.

The exhibition successfully depicts the life of a great man, who dared to think different, managed to always stay hungry, stay foolish, and realised the unimaginable.