Images of Uncle Ho and General Vo Nguyen Giap on display in Hanoi
“Vietnam adventure Tour “ - Seventy coconut shell mosaics by artist Vo Quy Quoc depicting portraits of Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap are on display at the Exhibition House, 29 Hang Bai Street in Hanoi.
The
images of Uncle Ho are presented respectfully and cover his youth when
he was determined to find the right way to national peace and freedom
to his later years when he was worried over how to bring happiness and
prosperity to his people.
Images of General Vo Nguyen Giap depict a victorious hero with an iron will and a dedication to the nation’s freedom.
“The
coconut shell is a very familiar object with Vietnamese who use it as a
water ladle and rice bowl and the coconut also represents peace in the
countryside. Therefore, I want to bring the simple material into art
and make unique paintings variant from oil paintings and Dong Ho
paintings,” said Quoc.
To promote the work to foreign tourists
and to bring it abroad, Quoc, together with some businessmen,
established Hac Thien Viet Company in Hanoi to organize events
promoting coconut-shell paintings.
