Admire "Three thousand arts" in a small corner of Ninh Binh

A world containing "Three thousand arts"

Located in the center of Ninh Binh city but modestly choosing a peaceful corner away from the hustle and bustle of the city, Ba Ngan Art Exhibition House simply carries within it a sense of tranquility and peace.

Although it was only born and started operating in early 2022, Ba Ngan Art has proven its appeal through the reception of many young people, freelance artists and the attention of those who bridge culture to generations.

Starting from the image of Three Thousand Worlds in Buddhism, Three Thousand Art began with the idea of ​​becoming a place to exhibit all human values. Including culture, art, history, heritage as well as aspects of life in the past - present - future.

The first stepping stone...

Starting with the exhibition “Mr. Thirty” with the participation of two familiar artists of the Ninh Binh art world: Ku Kao Khai and Nguyen Thanh Tuc. Inspired by the new year of the Tiger, the two authors brought to the exhibition a series of paintings and statues of 24 Tigers with many different styles, materials, and shapes, but sharing a common “point of view” that is, they were all inspired by the folk concept of the 12 zodiac signs in traditional thinking.

Satisfy the need to access art

Although museums and exhibitions are not something new in Vietnam, up to now, exhibitions - especially contemporary art for the majority of people are still somewhat unfamiliar events. Ba Ngan Art understands the audience's need to access art and most of the exhibitions here are free of admission.

Going from exhibitions preserving the nation’s traditions such as “Natural Color”. There, the audience will together seek out indigenous knowledge, in plants, flowers and fruits… dyed with color patches. Then they will bring the dyed color patches to find the old way of dressing in Vietnamese traditional costumes. Then you will realize that the flow still permeates modern life, through each time period, continuing to be inherited and continued.

Ba thousand Art also becomes a place of intersection between preserving traditional art and introducing new art forms with impressive contemporary art exhibitions and many meanings with Trash.

With A-shaped tunnels, Cu Chi tunnels, carts,... perfectly restored inside historical exhibitions such as "Memories of War", it shows the point of view of "looking back at the memories of this war so that we do not enter another war".

Although it has only been in operation for nearly a year, Ba Ngan Art has received attention and support from young people and art enthusiasts.

Mr. Duc Huy, the researcher of ancient Vietnamese costumes behind the exhibition “Nep mau phan nhien” shared: “I see that the exhibition has attracted a lot of attention from young people. Especially, there are people from far away places who also come to Ninh Binh to participate in the exhibition. And when they visit, everyone is very curious and asks a lot of information related to dyeing and ancient fabrics. That makes me very happy.”

Become a tourist attraction with a modest space

Each theme aims to enhance people's aesthetic awareness and spiritual life. Ba Thousand Art has successfully created an attraction for tourism, and is also gradually becoming a cultural focal point to connect the community.

Ba Ngan Art, with a modest space, has demonstrated its flexible exhibition capabilities. Unlike other venues that maintain a regular exhibition area, Ba Ngan Art has had up to five art exhibitions with different forms since its launch in early 2022. The entire space changes to suit the exhibition theme it wants to aim for. In addition, the flexibility to change the exhibition location for exhibitions that require special display forms such as installation art, performance art, video art, body art, and multimedia art forms is a way to solve the problem of lack of exhibition and performance space.

In the trend of encouraging economic development of tourism in Ninh Binh, the Ba Ngan Art fine art exhibition house has suggested many more daring art projects in the future, in a locality that is not the center, which does not have many catalysts for the development of the fine art product market.

Yen Nhi - Image: Ba Ngan Art - Dong Phong - Vu Tuan Anh