Hanoi Museum showcases 300m-long painting depicting country's beauty

THE HANOI TIMES — The painting exhibition "Hello Vietnam – My Homeland" is now underway at the Hanoi Museum, introducing 63 paintings created by passionate artist Ngo Ba Hoang since 2024.

Hoang, Head of the Monumental Painting Department of the University of Industrial Fine Arts, has spent a long time researching local landscape and culture across the country.

The paintings are arranged in chronological order, creating a monumental painting stretching over 300m long, praising the beauty of the country, its people and the culture of Vietnam.

Through the exhibition, Hoang wants to express his gratitude to his homeland and pay tribute to Vietnam’s unique cultural values, rich traditions, nature, and people throughout the nation’s history.

The painter also wants to spread the tradition of patriotism, the spirit of great solidarity, the desire for peace, and national pride, and particularly deep respect to the generations who sacrificed for national independence and unification.

The exhibition creates an emotional artistic space for the visitors, thereby contributing to promoting the cultural life of the public.

Each painting is a realistic, vivid slice of each land - stretching from Lung Cu flagpole (Ha Giang), through the provinces and cities along the country and ending at Ca Mau Cape.

In each region, typical images of natural landscapes, architecture, costumes, traditional cultural activities appear vividly with bright smiles of people.

Hoang potrays Hanoi, Vietnam's capital, with the One Pillar Pagoda, the National Assembly building, Ngoc Son Temple and the Hanoi Flag Tower.

The process of creating involved the artist and many of his students. Hoang described the collection making as an opportunity for young students to practice and hone their professional skills.

“With this collection of paintings, I hope that every Vietnamese person, especially the young generation, will understand more, love more and be proud of their homeland and country," he said.

"I also hope that the art of grand painting will be widely accepted and loved by the public,” he said.

According to Nguyen Tien Da, Director of the Hanoi Museum is expected that the exhibition will help Hanoi fulfill its commitments made to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.

The exhibition also demonstrates the role of the Creative City in accompanying the artist community, supporting creativity, spreading humanistic values ​​and artistic inspiration.

The exhibition will run until September 5 at Hanoi Museum.