VietNamNet Bridge - The latest exhibition by artist Ty from Nha Trang City opened on April 6 at Tu Do Gallery, HCM City, introducing 21 oil and acrylic paintings.

 

Painter Ty.

Ty, 53, is a self-taught painter. He began the surrealist drawing style in 2000. So far, he has had about 800 paintings of this genre, mostly oil and acrylic works. In the ongoing exhibition, he displays the paintings that were drawn from 2006 to 2012.

The viewers can see the repeated images in these works: a bowl, a torn conical hat, a duck, a fish, fish bones, a puppet or an oil lamp ... The most outstanding images are the human faces which are depicted in different angles. They are drawn by streamline lines: curve lines, slanting lines, straight lines, cubes ... They mix together, blending as colorful characters. They tell stories about the life of farmers and fishermen through their daily activities, such as praying for bumper catches and safety at sea, tending ducks and buffaloes, catching fish, a market, etc.

The faces of the laborers in his paintings are quite similar. They are just shapes with very simple lines but sufficient to express the inner emotions of the characters.

Seeing the paintings by Ty, the viewers will perceive a world full of opposite pairs which can hardly be separated in the cycle of life: rebirth - decay, happy - sad, austere - disengaged.

Ty’s paintings are favored by many foreign collectors. So in the last few years, he has brought his works many exhibitions in France and the USA.

Ty’s paintings were exhibited in HCM City in 2005. After 8 years, he has returned with the “Ty – 2013," which will last until April 27 at the Tu Do Gallery, 53 Ho Tung Mau Street, District 1, HCM City.

Some paintings by Ty:

 

"Five women"

 

 

"The woman and the fish"

 

 

"Rain"

 

 

"The fishermen" 

 

 

"Scarecrow"

 

 

"Greetings"

 

 

"Fishing season"

 

 

"The herdsman"

 

 

"Fish market"

 

 

"Rough sea"

 

 

"Scream".

 

 

"Tornadoes"

 

 

"Tending ducks"

 

 

"Love". 

T. Van