In this exhibition, artist Ngo Ba Hoang introduces a collection of colored glazed ceramics, using a painting technique combining many precious glazes. The works are the result of a period of passionate research and experimentation. There, the lotus is both a symbol and a bridge leading the viewer into the inner world , connecting with the deep layers of national culture.
The lotus has long been a symbol of purity and noble qualities that have overcome harsh challenges. In the exhibition, the lotus appears with its spirit and spirit, with its hidden colors and bright and dark glazes and a free, unconstrained composition, suggesting more than describing.
I am a painter who has created works in many materials: oil, lacquer, acrylic, watercolor... And now, I am very moved to introduce to the public one of the creative fields that I especially love, which is artistic ceramics.
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Painter Ngo Ba Hoang
Painter Ngo Ba Hoang does not use ceramics as a purely decorative material or to recreate life, but creates an independent language, blending Oriental painting with modern enameling techniques.
Sharing about the exhibition as well as his artistic journey, artist Ngo Ba Hoang expressed: "I am an artist who has created through many materials: oil paint, lacquer, acrylic, watercolor... And now, I am very moved to introduce to the public one of the creative fields that I especially love, which is artistic ceramics. Ceramics is a material that attracts me because of its diversity in expressive language. With ceramics, we can release creative energy with shapes, colors or expressive materials".
The artist said that he has experienced creating through many types of ceramics: from red clay ceramics with geometric shapes in the language of ceramic sculpture to white ceramics painted with enamel... and in recent years, he has especially loved and focused on researching and creating in the direction of bringing special enamel lines into the palette of painting on a white ceramic background.
Ngo Ba Hoang began experimenting with combining painting techniques into ceramics such as the multi-layered painting technique of classical oil paintings, the grinding and gilding techniques of traditional Vietnamese lacquer paintings... combined with the spontaneous flow of ceramic glaze.
"The more I research, the more I see that the expressive potential of ceramic glaze is extremely rich. The glaze colors I use are mainly based on metal oxides, when fired at high temperatures, they will interact and spontaneously create colors. These color molecules float and intertwine in the clear glaze layers, creating a magical color palette, with depth, unique optical effects, like an artist's impromptu music with fire and earth, which cannot be repeated," the artist shared passionately.
Through this exhibition, the artist wants to convey that spirit in each work. The works in the exhibition all have a gentle, soft style and are painted on simple ceramic vases, close to the Vietnamese soul.
Each work is an experiment in glaze, color, and shape, creating an effect close to traditional lacquer painting but with a soft, warm light like oil painting.
Each layer of fire-changing glaze is fired at high temperatures, creating layers of color that cannot be repeated, like fate, like human life, like emotions. There are patches of vague golden light hidden, reminiscent of traditional painting, sometimes shining like sunlight through the leaves, a moment of surprise in nature.
Ngo Ba Hoang began experimenting with combining painting techniques into ceramics such as the multi-layered painting technique of classical oil paintings, the grinding and gilding techniques of traditional Vietnamese lacquer paintings... combined with the spontaneous flow of ceramic glaze.
Sharing his thoughts about the ceramic work "Vessel of Life" by artist Ngo Ba Hoang at the Exhibition, artist Van Duong Thanh commented: "This is a unique ceramic work of art, created and researched very elaborately. The shape of the work is the image of a pregnant mother with cracks all over her body - the idea of the noble beauty and sacrifice of a mother".
The artist further analyzed that these cracks are also the golden veins that nourish the baby. The highlight and center of the work is the image of a child lying curled up in a fetal position, surrounded by white lotus petals like the embrace, protection and love of a mother. The lotus is a symbol of purity, rebirth and enlightenment in Eastern culture.
The position of the lotus blooming right in the center represents the spreading source of life energy, the center of vitality. The cracks in the glaze do not detract from the beauty of the work, but on the contrary, create a depth of time and emotion as if the image has existed for a long time, preserved and nurtured over the years. The warm color background - brown, turmeric yellow, orange and green - creates a space that is both fairytale and wild nature, where life begins from the purest seed.
A notable point in Ngo Ba Hoang's creations is that the artist is not bound by formal compositions. The ceramic works are painted in a non-structural style, evoking a meditative spirit while still being dramatic in their visual appeal.
A thin line like a grass root suddenly shoots up to become a lotus petal. A streak of glaze that seems to be a random flow creates an unexpected depth of the block. It is this improvisation that touches the most delicate emotions because there is no more reason, only pure feeling between the artist and the material.
Going back to memory, Vietnamese ceramics were famous for their function as utensils attached to bowls, plates, jars, vases... but today, ceramic art is changing strongly, becoming an independent aesthetic language. Ngo Ba Hoang's exhibition marks the harmony with that trend. Ceramics are both for application and contemplation. Ceramics are objects and symbols worth cherishing.
Each work is like an abstract painting on terracotta, not imposing on the viewer by the image, but inviting them to think and imagine. That is the spirit of contemporary art: going beyond convention, evoking open emotional realms.
In the exhibition space, the ceramic works are like hymns, softly resounding with the sounds of nature, of cultural memories, of the flow of time. The viewer is no longer an outsider, but becomes a silent interlocutor with the work.
Thanks to that, Ngo Ba Hoang's pottery is very close to today's young generation because they both need identity and crave freedom in creativity.
The art talkshow within the framework of the Exhibition also has the same purpose: to open a forum for exchange, where ceramic art becomes a bridge between tradition and modernity, between artists and the public, between art and living space.
This exhibition is an art event, and at the same time opens up the opportunity to introduce SenS - the ceramic art brand founded by artist Ngo Ba Hoang and his family. Different from conventional ceramic workshops, SenS is a non-commercial creative place, where artists are free to explore new limits of materials, to live fully with glaze, color, and shape.
SenS's creative space is also a meeting place for the ceramics community, collectors and young people who want to touch traditional materials with a new mindset.
The workshop on pottery making, molding, drawing, and sculpture... held on the afternoon of the opening day is a way to sow the seeds of creativity in the hearts of the next generation. Young people may not need to become professional artists, but through one experience, they can feel the "soul of the land" and "soul of the people" and from there, understand more about the spiritual values of the nation.
The project is also gradually becoming a miniature "artist village" that helps art no longer be confined to the gallery but permeate life, the breath of the land, the slow, peaceful, and profound pace of life. It is this silence that has permeated, giving Ngo Ba Hoang's works spiritual depth in a visual world that is increasingly industrialized and digitalized.
It can be said that the most successful thing of the Exhibition "Lotus - Pure beauty of Vietnamese soul" is to create dialogues: between art and viewers, between traditional beauty and contemporary thinking, between simplicity and sophistication. In those dialogues, lotus becomes a symbol of beauty and life's morality.
With a bold oriental style, artist Ngo Ba Hoang paints lotus with light, glaze, and quiet shapes.
The exhibition will last until July 28.
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