Luc’s room is itself a window into an artist’s life: Paintings and colors are scattered on the floor and under the bed; hanging on the walls are pictures of wars, women, flowers, mothers. "Thieu Nu Co Don" (Lonely Woman) is next to his bed. It is a painting by him of a naked woman lying among a tiger, a fox and a weasel. The woman, whose head is in the cloud, once met the artist and agreed to model for him. "Thieu Nu Co Don" (Lonely Woman). Photo by VnExpress/Hong Hieu. She was lovely, but as the Vietnamese say, "beauty goes with bad luck," and she was troubled wherever she went, Luc remembers. Luc only had a few minutes with his muse and sketched her quickly before coloring and adding more details to illustrate her life, which was full of stalkers. He sold it before his daughter bought it from someone and hung it on the wall next to his bed. Luc does not remember how many nudes he has done since starting more than 50 years ago; only that they make up half of all his … [Read more...] about 76-year-old nude artist finds endless inspiration from muses
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What’s on December 9-14 (Daily updated)
MUSIC & PERFORMANCES Danang City-Guitar Concert 2019 Dec 13, 8pm Nguyen Hien Dinh Theatre Featuring Japanese guitarist Kozo Tate and two Vietnamese artists Le Hoang Minh and Phan Xuan Tri. Hanoi-Japanese Film Festival 2019 Dec 6 – 22 National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha Street Nine new Japanese films with different themes will be introduced. Tickets 40,000 VND / ticket / session (adults) 30,000VND / ticket / session (students & children) Tickets are being sold at screening venues For more information, visit: http://vn.japanesefilmfest.org/ ________________________________________________________________________ EXHIBITION Hanoi-The World Press Photo (WWP) Exhibition 2019 – Stories that Matter Dec 6-15, Le Thai To Square Featuring 150 single photos which won the 62th World Press Photo contest featuring multi topics, from migration, war zone to animals in the wild, gender identity. Hanoi-Exhibition … [Read more...] about What’s on December 9-14 (Daily updated)