{"id":575,"date":"2018-08-15T23:59:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T16:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/?p=575"},"modified":"2022-03-20T10:53:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T03:53:16","slug":"nghe-si-thai-lan-tim-thay-nang-luong-manh-me-o-viet-nam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/en\/nghe-si-thai-lan-tim-thay-nang-luong-manh-me-o-viet-nam\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai artist finds strong energy in Viet Nam"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

May, 24\/2018 – 09:00<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
image: http:\/\/image.vietnamnews.vn\/\/uploadvnnews\/Article\/2018\/3\/29\/photo13861112150AM.jpg<\/p>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Two of a kind: Thai artist Wattanachot Tungateja and Vietnamese sculptor V\u0169 B\u00ecnh Minh at H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i March Connecting event. \u2014 Photo courtesy of Tungateja<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

By Minh Thu\u00a0vietnamnews.vn<\/a><\/p>\n

For Thai artist Wattanachot Tungateja, he finds inspiration from something that cannot be seen but is all around us.<\/p>\n

He believes energy is his motivation which brings him endless ideas to create his works. And whenever he comes to Vi\u1ec7t Nam, the energy follows him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the movement of wind in the air, it\u2019s even the beauty of the natural surface of the land that people overlook or ignore and transformed it into a form of abstract art,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have represented them with art elements that consist of strokes, colours, dots, surface, shapes and available space, so to create a balance in visualising and reflect the imagination of my personal concept of nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

After some years living and working between Vi\u1ec7t Nam and Thailand, he has finished series of Dreamscape and Earth and Sky acrylic paintings where he feels free to express his feelings and motivation.<\/p>\n

He showcased the latest paintings at a joint exhibition with Japanese sculptor Katsumi Mukai and Vietnamese painter C\u00f4ng Kim Hoa organised recently in H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i.<\/p>\n

The exhibition attracted a large number of visitors. Artist V\u0169 H\u1ed3ng Nguy\u00ean appreciates the art of Tungateja a great deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the paintings, I understand that Tungateja is a serious and painstaking artist,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach stroke takes much time to paint. Each one is like an underground source of energy in the painting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tungateja came to Vi\u1ec7t Nam for the first time for H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i March Connecting in 2016, an event gathering Vietnamese and international artists to join a creating workshop.<\/p>\n

The bond between Tungateja and Vietnamese artists comes from Tr\u1ecbnh Tu\u00e2n, co-founder of Asia Art Link organisation. They\u2019ve known each other for more than six years and have joined many art events together in countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.<\/p>\n

Tu\u00e2n told Tungateja about the idea of H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i March Connecting some years ago. Tu\u00e2n shared with him the opinion to increase the knowledge of art education in Vi\u1ec7t Nam by learning from professionals outside of the country.<\/p>\n

So, that\u2019s why Tu\u00e2n started H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i March Connecting, with much comments and encouragement from Tungateja.<\/p>\n

Energy from nature<\/p>\n

With main the concept inspired from nature, Tungateja has applied the principles of visual art elements to express the abstractness in his work.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe elements are the core to the art creation and I have used dots, lines, colours, volumes, shapes, forms, texture, and rhythms reflect nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

“These rudiments of arts are used to reflect atmosphere, time, emotion, feeling, calmness, motion,\u00a0and the changing world to raise awareness of the current situation and what the future may hold,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The conceptual ideas for his paintings are inspired by features of the diverse scenic views that are aesthetic and extraordinary. The impressive artwork reflects various emotions and atmosphere as well as echoing the positive and negative changes in the nature, in turn impacting oneself and society.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a reflection of Thai people living in the countryside who have grown to respect nature,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy paintings are usually not painted by visual eyes but by feelings, when I\u2019m traveling and looking at atmospheres all locations of each of the places I remember what I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

He uses a complicated artistic technique on canvas, paper, and wood using acrylic colours, water colours, pencils and oil, and other media such as metal, stone, wood, glass, and soil through scarping, scratching, flicking, water spraying, and wiping to synchronise harmony and conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cVietnamese and Thai people have been familiar in culture and behaviour, we can understand so easy and respect each other,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I always feel comfortable and close when I come to Vi\u1ec7t Nam.\u201d Apart from H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i, Tungateja has visited H\u1ea1 Long Bay, Hu\u1ebf, \u0110\u00e0 N\u1eb5ng and H\u1ed9i An.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the country, not because of only beautiful land but food, friends and cultures are impress me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tungateja was born in Thailand in 1960. He studied printmaking, painting and computer graphics in Thailand and the US. He received many international art prizes.<\/p>\n

His artworks have been exhibited in various countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Poland, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Japan, the US and Vi\u1ec7t Nam. \u2014 VNS<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
image: http:\/\/image.vietnamnews.vn\/\/uploadvnnews\/Article\/2018\/5\/23\/DreamscapeinHuabin,Vietnam21843305PM.jpg<\/p>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dreaming big: Dreamscape, one among paintings inspired by the landscape and nature in Vi\u1ec7t Nam. \u2014 Photo courtesy of Tungateja<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
image: http:\/\/image.vietnamnews.vn\/\/uploadvnnews\/Article\/2018\/5\/23\/WattanachotTungateja273443304PM.JPG<\/p>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Good vibrations: For Thai artist Wattanachot Tungateja, he finds inspiration and motivation from energy or precious mineral which is buried within the Earth. \u2014 Photo courtesy of Tungateja<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Read more at http:\/\/vietnamnews.vn\/life-style\/448501\/thai-artist-finds-strong-energy-in-viet-nam.html#t9Or4YT0wWPOSpBv.99","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May, 24\/2018 – 09:00 image: http:\/\/image.vietnamnews.vn\/\/uploadvnnews\/Article\/2018\/3\/29\/photo13861112150AM.jpg Two of a kind: Thai artist Wattanachot Tungateja and Vietnamese sculptor V\u0169 B\u00ecnh Minh at H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i March Connecting event. \u2014 Photo courtesy of Tungateja By Minh Thu\u00a0vietnamnews.vn For Thai artist Wattanachot Tungateja, he finds inspiration from something that cannot be seen but is all around us. He believes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions\/581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vubinhminh.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}