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The flow of urban life on canvas | Vietnam Today
The flow of urban life on canvas | Vietnam Today
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[music]
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Overhead power lines have long been part
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of the urban landscape, often considered
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visual clutter.
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But for artist Witten, the tangled web
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of cables have been an endless source of
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artistic muse for more than two decades.
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They are a slice of history, a period of
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integration and the rapid rise of
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information technology. Whenever I see
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power lines, public loudspeakers or
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traffic lights, I feel a real sense of
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excitement. They always give me new
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inspiration to paint.
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>> With advances in technology, inspiration
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is everywhere. But an artist's own
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experiences are irreplaceable. That's
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what gives their work a distinctive
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voice.
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Paintings [music] by artist Fuang focus
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on childhood memories reflecting the
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bond between people and everyday life.
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[music]
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In [music] 2022, his painting, The Iron
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Door, won second place at the Young
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Artist Festival.
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Born and raised [music] in Hanoi and
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witnessing the city's ongoing
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infrastructural transformation,
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Wang has created a series of large-scale
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paintings inspired [music] by the bright
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neon construction billboards that
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reflect the city's rapid pace of change.
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It's not a new subject, but finding a
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fresh way to express it is never easy.
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I've had my share of setbacks along the
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way, but over the years, my work has
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developed its own identity. When people
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recognize a painting as mine, I know I'm
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on the right path.
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One artist captures what is just
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beginning to emerge in the city.
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The other preserves a disappearing
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feature.
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For [music] both of them, a generation
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of artists who call Hanoi home, every
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street [music] holds a story waiting to
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be told.
