curated guide to feast your eyes on the brightest talents in Nha Trang.
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THE ANAM
At Vietnam’s most ambitious new coastal resort,
Conical hats weaving,Mai Loc. the 213-room The Anam is shepherding guests into
the galleries and homes of talented local artists and
The resort’s commitment to the arts is obvious all over its grounds, where an eclectic collection of hundreds of artworks by local artists hang from its walls and bedeck its pedestals.
“Our part of Vietnam is famous for its beaches, its islands, its Cham towers and its seafood,” said The
“It should be famous for its art, and we hope to help make that happen.” Driven by his interest to get to enlisted Nguyén Hong Van, who opened Nha Trang’s first art gallery called The Rainbow Gallery, to create the Nha Trang Art Tour, providingthe ultimate “insider” knowledge about the destination.
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Tran Thi Bao Tran.
As part of this intimate seven-hour tour, Hong Van and Laubichler-Pichler welcome art lovers into the homes and to tourists, providing new perspective of Vietnam and its people through their art ranging from oil paintings and metalwork to sculpture and photography. The tour wraps up with dinner at local Vietnamese restaurant renowned for its seafood The life story of one of the tour’s artists, Mai Léc, epitomises rapid transformation. Once living under the poorest conditions as miner, he met Norwegian couple by chance in 1995. They kept in touch and for his wedding, the couple gave him camera, completely changing his life. Today Mai Léc is soughtafter photographer who has exhibited his striking blackits people in Canada, Finland, Austria and other parts of the world
Painter Bui Van Quang, member of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association, is also on the tour, showcasing lives of Vietnamese through use of the country’s rich colours. Other artists involved include painters Tran Thi Bao Tran and her husband Lutu Thanh Qua, Nguyén Bai, Ngd Dang Hiép and Lé Huynh, metalwork artist Bui Trung Chinh and sculptor Doan Xuan Hung.
Source: MUHIBAH, the Royal Brunei Airlines in-flight magazine, 2018 Mar-Apr, pages 10-13. Text recovered from the scanned page by OCR and lightly corrected; spelling may differ from the printed edition.
