VietNamNet Bridge – In the exhibition named “Contemporary Scenarios,” which opened at the Vietnam Fine Art Museum, Hanoi on November 27, Pham Khac Quang added ‘chu Teu,’ a famous folk character into contemporary stories.
Graphic artist Pham Khac Quang’s exhibition on traditional wood-engraved works depicts the lives of local farmers.

The exhibition comprises of two parts. The first part features ten pieces reflecting Quang’s thoughts on present social issues in rural areas.

The audience will see Teu, a familiar character in traditional water puppetry games, as a trader or a humorous farmer.

Teu’s optimistic smile indicates his pain or powerlessness when confronted with temptation and self-satisfaction.
The second part is a creation themed Tho (Breathing), covering 30 square meters at the exhibition venue and offering audiences a real feeling of a paddy field made from many different materials.  

There are 1,000 wood-engraved portraits of farmers of different ages on the paddy field, with most of them women. These portraits focus on the fate of paddy fields and farmers in a fast-changing society.
The event runs to December 4 at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum at 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street.

Quang was born in 1975 and graduated from the Hanoi Fine Art College (the Vietnam Fine Art University at present). He has organized several personal exhibitions and joined some group exhibitions in Hanoi and HCM City.

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