Chung Nguyen Van
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
First, when did you first start painting and how did your interest in art develop over time? And in particular, how does your cultural substratum inform the way you relate yourself to the aesthetic problem in general?
I am very happy when LandEscape was interested in me and introduced me on its maganize. I was born in Vietnam, and graduated from a fine art school in Hanoi, in 1997. Like other artists, who passion the career, I began drawing( creating) since graduation. I would like to emphasize( artists, who passion the career), because in Vietname, not all artists after graduating pursue the career. One part is for the life, one part is objective.
For me, paiting is a real passion, of which I have been aware since studying in the school, and I had a very high determination for the career. Despite of the past or the presence, I have been spenting most of my time learning about paiting. In 1990s, sources for information were limited( Internet was still strange) in Vietnam; only when sitting in the library all day to read books, I could learn about painting and I mananged to do that. Initially, I did not understand the beauty of Western