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Loi Nguyen Duc
ART Habens
This work talks about a rather complicated
story which disturbs me so much. This is a
love story between my married cousin and a
divorced girl (I don’t want to talk much about
them) but the story precisely reflects the
greed of certain Vietnamese women. (Sorry, I
am not refering to all Vietnamese women
whom I know; in fact, there are some good
and some bad). But this story clearly
expresses women’s greed for money and for
material possessions. What do I think of the
virtue of Vietnamese traditional culture? Yes,
this is a problem that gives me a sense of
despair and shame, as shown in the color used
in the paintings. An ancient temple and a
harlot is lying above it, a series of small
pictures of sexually suggestive positions and a
cloud drawn in a traditional style ... In this
work, I have used pictures cut from fashion
magazines and I also have used acrylic-
colored newspapers as a background ... During
the process of drawing this painting, I let my
personal feelings wander freely,
unpremeditated. The painting was shaped by
thinking freely.
My main source of inspiration comes from the
society where I live. In the art milieu, I drew
heavy inspiration from Francis Bacon. I was
influenced by him for a short time. I like the
space in his paintings, with irregularities and
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