Đỗ Quang Em

Đỗ Quang Em (Ninh Thuận, 1942) is a Vietnamese painter based in Ho Chi Minh City. He graduated from Gia Định College of Fine Arts (Cao Đẳng Mỹ Thuật Gia Định) in 1965. Along with contemporaries such as Đỗ Thị Ninh (1947-) he is one of the generation of painters who emerged in the early 1980s which rebelled against the traditions of the French EBAI and afterward socialist schools of Vietnamese art.^[1] He was for a period sent to a reeducation camp. Since 1994 Em mainly exhibits in Hong Kong and overseas, and has had his paintings purchased by Bill Clinton.^[2]

References

1. A winding river: the journey of contemporary art in Vietnam Meridian International Center (Washington, D.C.) – 1997 "The River Bends Again In the early 1980s, a contingency of artists of the 45 to 55 age group, including Dang Thi Khue, Do Son, Do Thi Ninh, Luong Xuan Doan, Nguyen Xuan Tiep, Bao Toan in Hanoi; Nguyen Trung, Do Quang Em, Ca Le Thang, Dao Minh Tri, Nguyen Than in Ho Chi Minh City; Buu Chi and Hoang Dang Nhuan in Huế, began to rebel against what they perceived as the superficiality, lack of personality and dogmatic formulas of mainstream art. They sought new outlets and directions for Vietnamese painting, and seem to have succeeded in persuading the authorities to accept diversity and individual freedom in artistic creation. Their works heralded a new development in painting,..."
2. John Clark, Maurizio Peleggi, T. K. Sabapathy – Eye of the beholder . 2006 "From the time of his first solo exhibition there in 1994, he has rarely displayed paintings in Vietnam due to ongoing commitments with his Hong Kong dealer.12 In 2000, when former U.S. president, Bill Clinton visited Vietnam, he cited Do ; I ..."

External links

• Do Quang Em