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| Vu~ Cuong |
| 300 South First Street, Suite 310 (408) 455-0175 |
Calling for Love 2
39 x 39
oil on canvas
39 x 39
oil on canvas
Will I See You Again?
39 x 39
oil on canvas
39 x 39
oil on canvas
detail of Calling for Love 2
Mother and her children
31 x 31
oil on canvas
31 x 31
oil on canvas
Calling for Love 1
39 x 39
oil on canvas
39 x 39
oil on canvas
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Vu Cuong is a Kinh artist who was born and raised in Hanoi. Like many of his colleagues, Cuong
went to the mountain and discovered it to be the source of his inspirations.
former lovers through the sound of the Khen, a wind instrument made of bamboo. It is through the
former lovers through the sound of the Khen, a wind instrument made of bamboo. It is through the
sounds and melodies of this instrument that former lovers sought out for one another and relived
theirtheir love through the end of the day. For Cuong, it is a tradition that is most liberating with
respect to a love relationship.
to a love relationship.
Vu Cuong thus became fascinated by this tradition and wants to glorify it through his work. Again,
the Love Fair tradition reflects the spirit of freedom that is inherent in nature. People make rules and
try to live by them, but at the end, they must be free. In that sense, Calling for Love is also a call for
freedom and for liberation against rules imposed by people on people.
went to the mountain and discovered it to be the source of his inspirations.
former lovers through the sound of the Khen, a wind instrument made of bamboo. It is through the
former lovers through the sound of the Khen, a wind instrument made of bamboo. It is through the
sounds and melodies of this instrument that former lovers sought out for one another and relived
theirtheir love through the end of the day. For Cuong, it is a tradition that is most liberating with
respect to a love relationship.
to a love relationship.
Vu Cuong thus became fascinated by this tradition and wants to glorify it through his work. Again,
the Love Fair tradition reflects the spirit of freedom that is inherent in nature. People make rules and
try to live by them, but at the end, they must be free. In that sense, Calling for Love is also a call for
freedom and for liberation against rules imposed by people on people.