“Vietnam Scenery and Spirit – Close up the Past, Looking to the Future” exhibition in Gwangju through February 6th.

VOV News writes about a Vietnamese art exhibition in Gwangju from December 16th through February 6th, 2011, at Gwangju's Fine Arts Museum.

The exhibition themed “Vietnam Scenery and Spirit – Close up the Past, Looking to the Future” introduces nearly 50 works of outstanding contemporary artists selected from collections of the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and the Vietnam Fine Arts Association.

The painters include masters graduating from the Indochina Fine Arts College, which was established in 1924 and is the precursor of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, and well-known painters of next generations.

The paintings, which use a wide range of materials from oil paint, lacquer to silk, are arranged based on historical periods of Vietnam from the 40s of the previous century to the first years of the 21st century. They introduce Vietnamese landscapes, people and their production life, traditional customs, as well as the country’s resistance wars lasting for 30 years.

"베트남의 풍경과 정신" and the museum are in my old neighborhood of Unam-dong, and accessible by eleven different buses that stop in the vicinity. It's open from 9:00 to 6:00, and admission is 500 won for adults.