Exhibition celebrates Mother Goddesses Worship
An exhibition that opened this week at Hanoi’s Fine Arts Museum depicts lacquer paintings depicting the Vietnamese practices related to belief in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms, which was recognised a few months ago by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
UNESCO-recognised Co Bo Thoai Session is the latest work by Long from early 2017 |
Long painted his first depiction of the practice in 1998 and his latest early this year. He has attended numerous such rituals in an effort to understand them and the spirit mediums, which he depicts on his canvases in great detail.
Triptych talent |
Long graduated from the Vietnam Accademy of Fine Arts. He is a member of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association and a group of Vietnamese lacquer artists. Khanh has had solo and group exhibitions in Vietnam and Taiwan; the Republic of Korea and Germany. He has also gained awards such as the Vietnam-ASEAN Fine Arts Prize in 2004 and first prize of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association in 2015.
Tripartite soul |
"Mother Goddesses through the unique lacquer paintings by artist Long opens the 21st century genre of Vietnamese rituals painting," art critic Luong Xuan doan wrote in introduction words.
The exhibition will run until March 15 at 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi.