NDO – Following more than one year of revivification this type of folk paintings has received the attention of the people, especially enthusiasts of traditional cultural values. Recently, Kim Hoang paintings and a number of wood-blocks of Kim Hoang paintings have been on display at a festival and an international workshop on woodcut paintings, as well as an exhibition on folk paintings printed from woodblocks, in the Republic of Korea (RoK). On the occasion, Director of the Hanoi Ceramics Museum Nguyen Thi Thu Hoa, who has invested many years on a project to revitalise Kim Hoang paintings, granted Thoi Nay (Today) publication of Nhan Dan (The People) Newspaper an interview to share this information. Q: Can you tell us more about the Kim Hoang paintings that have been introduced in the RoK? A: Every year, the RoK’s folk painting museum always organises a number of festivals and international workshops on woodcut paintings, as well as exhibitions on folk paintings … [Read more...] about Bringing Kim Hoang painting to the world Most Recent News
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Pitco opens paint factory in Binh Duong
Pitco opens paint factory in Binh Duong By Quoc Hung - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - Petrolimex International Trading Joint Stock Co. (or Pitco), a unit of Vietnam National Petroleum Corp. (Petrolimex), on Wednesday opened a paint factory in the southern province of Binh Duong at a jubilee to mark its tenth birthday. After two years of construction, the factory at Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park 2 in Ben Cat District capitalized at VND100 million will turn out eight million liters of paint per year in the first phase. Nguyen Van Leo, deputy general director of Pitco and manager of the factory, said the Petrolimex Paints factory had two separate production lines, a water-borne and a solvent-borne with capacity of six million liters and two million liters/shift/year respectively. "Testing and production equipment and process control are made by modern European technology," Leo said. He said the factory would produce high-standard water-borne and solvent-borne paints under the brand … [Read more...] about Pitco opens paint factory in Binh Duong
Unique paintings made from sugar palm leaves
However, it was in the nineties that the leaves were used to make stunning, meticulous, artistic and unique paintings. The maker of the first sugar palm paintings is artisan Vo Van Tang, who lives in Nui Sap town, Thoai Son district, An Giang province. He has made thousands of paintings on various topics and in different sizes, which have been appreciated and collected by many. Many offices and hotels in the province are adorned with several sugar palm paintings, such as the portrait of President Ho Chi Minh, the landscape of Bay Nui, cedar trees and cranes, tigers and horses. The artist behind these amazing works is Tang, Director of the Social Policy Bank in the province’s Thoai Son district. He is always looking for new ways to use materials in fine arts, and is continuously searching and experimenting with techniques. Artisan Vo Van Tang holding his work featuring two Vietnamese Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Ton Duc Thang Once, while traveling with his … [Read more...] about Unique paintings made from sugar palm leaves
Vietnamese paintings displayed at China Art Museum
Vung Sen (Provincial Village), a lacquer work by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Gia Tri, is on display at the China Art Museum in Shanghai (Photo: thethaovanhoa.vn)Hanoi (VNA) - Morethan 38 paintings in different media by Vietnamese artists are now on displayat the Travelling 2017 exhibitionat the China Art Museum in Shanghai. The works, mostly in silk,lacquer and oil, are from Vietnamese modern works, created between the 1940sand 2000s, in Shanghai collections. A jury composed of museum staffand members of the Shanghai Southeast Asian Culture and Art Exchange Center,the organiser of the event, selected 80 paintings by 20 artists. Featured works are from artists NguyenGia Tri, Le Pho, Vu Cao Dam, Mai Trung Thu and Nguyen Tu Nghiem, who graduatedfrom the Fine Arts College of Indochina, which opened in 1925 in Hanoi. Tri’s BanLang (Provincial Village), a lacquer work, was created in 1940. InOctober, the piece was part of … [Read more...] about Vietnamese paintings displayed at China Art Museum
4 Oranges launches new paint
4 Oranges launches new paint By Van Nam - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - Thai paint producer 4 Oranges Company on Monday introduced a new interior paint to the local market which is less harmful to people's health and the air due to its low volatile organic compound content. The new paint, named Mykolor Kiddykot, is the first to target the market for interior decoration of children's rooms by having a chocolate aroma. It is priced at VND450,000 per 5 liters, or 15% more than the company's standard paints. Having been in Vietnam nearly 10 years with familiar brands Mykolor, Spec, Boss and Expo, the company has 800 distributors and 300 color consultant agencies nationwide. "Although the construction tempo in the country has been slow this year, we are striving for a total revenue of VND1.3 trillion in Vietnam this year and expect 5% revenue growth next year," Pimolsri said. … [Read more...] about 4 Oranges launches new paint