This year's Liberation Day of the Capital, for Hoang Phong, is marked by the exhibition A Little Love to the Street , or more precisely, to Hanoi's Old Quarter. "I paint Hanoi's Old Quarter, mainly ancient architecture," said artist Hoang Phong. His exhibition at the Hoan Kiem Lake Information and Culture Center (2 Le Thai To, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi) is scheduled to last until October 29.
Attractive street corners of Hanoi
Hoang Phong, as he admits, immediately fell in love with Hanoi's Old Quarter from the first time he met it in 2017. Since then, Hoang Phong has painted many watercolor paintings of the Old Quarter with its characteristic yellow French architecture, or walls stained by time. Phong also does not forget to paint the sun, autumn sun, dancing on the remaining French architecture until now. Therefore, in Phong's paintings, autumn is very clear with both the sun and especially the daisies in late autumn and early winter.
Sunshine in Hanoi in Hoang Phong's paintings
Another season on the streets of Hanoi that Phong also painted with great emotion is spring. In Phong’s spring, peach blossoms bloom pink in the corner of the painting, and people on the street are also very busy waiting for Tet. It feels like the artist immediately sees the difference between the cold Tet in Hanoi with warm peach blossoms and Tet in Ho Chi Minh City with bright yellow apricot blossoms.
Hoang Phong said that he returns to Hanoi many times a year, each trip lasts 10-15 days to explore the 4 seasons of nature and 12 seasons of flowers…, to love Hanoi more. The golden sunshine on Chau Long street that Hoang Phong drew became the cover for the book of writer To Hoai.
Hanoi Opera House
Phong paints quite quickly, based on the hundreds of paintings of Hanoi. The artist also shared that the emotions pulled him so fast and strong that he didn't even realize how long each painting took. Therefore, painting with watercolors on French arches paper was not only a choice because of his interest in watercolor painting. This choice was also because that material allows the watercolors to dry quickly and retain their durability the most, suitable for the "speed" of creation when Phong painted Hanoi's Old Quarter. Looking at the paintings, it can be seen that when painting the streets, Hoang Phong was like a boy with many sobs.
Market street in the old town
But perhaps, the appeal in Hoang Phong's paintings of Hanoi's Old Quarter lies largely in his drawing of the capital's typical architecture - the works that mark the development of Hanoi. Hanoi Opera House, the new theater of the Ministry of Public Security, Hang Duong intersection, the ancient house at 90 Kim Ma, Chan Cam ancient villa, Hanoi Cathedral, Quan Chuong Gate, History Museum... These works are inherently beautiful, but through Phong's emotional drawings, they become a reminder of preserving space and preserving the memories of the city.
Hanoi Cathedral with the color of time
Hoang Phong’s paintings of Hanoi’s Old Quarter are emotional and easy to relate to. That’s why many collectors quickly fell in love with them. In this exhibition, he also borrowed many works from many private collections. Thanks to that, the public can see more fully a range of topics that he created.
Currently, it can be seen that Hoang Phong still has more than enough energy to continue painting the theme of Hanoi's Old Quarter. He can completely exploit the beauty of this space and that architecture in the form of multi-season, multi-time, multi-perspective series. Hoang Phong also shared that after these watercolor paintings of Hanoi's Old Quarter, he will most likely turn them into works of other materials.
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