(VNF) - An exhibition “HỒ TÂY” (West Lake) displaying a series of paintings painted at the west coast of the lake by Budapest-born artist Anna-Maria Ory, will be hosted from October 1^st.

“The title of the exhibition is “West Lake”, as several paintings were painted at the west coast of the lake,” the female painter said.

The subject and the technique of the pictures mix the elements of both Eastern and Western traditions, as an attempt to establish connections between two very different cultures which nevertheless have a lot in common.

“My relationship with the Vietnamese culture dates back to my childhood. My parents fell in love with Vietnam, so as a child I bathed in the special and magical atmosphere of the Vietnamese culture. I met several Vietnamese painters and artists who came to Hungary with a scholarship. Thus, I inherited the love of the Vietnamese culture as a family tradition,” Anna-Maria Ory shared.

“After my graduation at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 2006, I had my first trip to Hanoi as an exhibitor. In 2010, I participated at the Vietnam–Hungary contemporary fine art exhibition in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city. Between 2016-17 I had the possibility to stay in Vietnam for a longer period and thus got familiar with the art and culture of Vietnam. The paintings exhibited at the Dong Phong Art Gallery were made in Hanoi in 2017.”

‘Tower I’ by Anna-Maria Ory. (Source: oryannamaria.hu)

Anna Maria Őry graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest as a painter at 2006.

She works in oil and pastel, also creating ink drawings and watercolours. Her main point of interest is in the intrinsic potentialities of particular techniques. While investigating these she focuses on a subject matter or a genre. The use of a particular technique is usually connected with a corresponding line of thought, thus the analysis of the pictorial problem gives birth to a series of paintings revolving around the same subject matter.

Anna Mária Őry’s painting is an open possibility and embraces the access to the power of the primary feeling. The clean lines and expressive colors are the subordination of the painter’s instincts as the remedy for the disinterest of the everyday communication conventions.

The representation suggests that the true authentic experience appears indirectly where everyone can find his or her own essence. This way Anna Mária Őry’s painting is part of that painting school where every action of art appears as the romanticism of the revolution which rediscovers the subjectivity of the lived-through experience.

The event will be opened until October 30^th in Dong Phong Art Gallery (No.3 Ly Dao Thanh Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi). Artist Dang Thu Huong will give an opening speech at the opening of the exhibition this Sunday./.

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