Painters in Hanoi: An Ethnography of Vietnamese Art 9780824845100

Painting has played a significant role in modern Vietnam. Postage stamps, billboards, and annual national exhibitions at

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English Pages 192 Year 2009

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction Sketches of Vietnamese Painting
2. Orientalists or Occidentalists? “Indochinese” Artists under Colonialism
3. National Heroes and Artistic Heroes Artists under the Revolution
4. Bui Xuan Phai and the Modern Masters of Vietnamese Painting
5. Postwar Artists and Reformers
6. Women Artists
7. The Hanoi Art Market and the Global Artist
8. Conclusion Past and Present in the Hanoi Art World
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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