(Baonghean.vn) - 125 large-scale propaganda paintings (2m x 3m in size) were solemnly and impressively displayed at Ho Chi Minh Square and on Truong Thi and Ho Tung Mau streets (Vinh City), attracting the attention of many people...
The exhibition of large-scale propaganda paintings opened on the afternoon of May 16, organized by the Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) in coordination with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Nghe An province. Attending the opening ceremony, on the Central side were Mr. Huynh Vinh Ai - Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ms. Trinh Thi Thuy - Director of the Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism).
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| Leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Department of Culture cut the ribbon to open the exhibition. |
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| Leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Nghe An province attended the exhibition. |
125 large-scale propaganda paintings by 98 professional and amateur artists nationwide were selected from the propaganda painting contest to celebrate the 125th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh and the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification, organized by the Department of Grassroots Culture.
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| Overview of the exhibition opening program |
The content of the displayed propaganda posters demonstrated and honored the great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the Vietnamese people, to the international communist and workers' movement; the love and respect of the Vietnamese people and the world for President Ho Chi Minh; affirmed the position, great stature, and great historical value of the Victory to liberate the South and unify the country in the history of the struggle to build and defend the country.
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| Delegates enjoy the works displayed at the exhibition. |
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| Work by author Ha Huy Chuong (Hai Duong) |
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| Work by author Ho Quoc Minh (Hoa Binh) |
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| Work by Phung Anh Ban (Hai Duong) |
Going beyond the framework of a conventional work of art, large-scale propaganda paintings radiate optimism, patriotism, determination to fight and win, conveying messages and policies of the Party and State that no other genre of painting can match. Experiencing many social changes, propaganda paintings have fulfilled their responsibility before history, the nation and the people.
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| Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Huynh Vinh Ai congratulated author Bui Cong Vinh (Nghe An) for winning second prize in the national large-scale propaganda poster contest on the theme of Uncle Ho in 2015 with the work "You are a lotus flower spreading the fragrance of life". |
The large-scale propaganda poster exhibition takes place from May 16 to May 20, creating conditions for a large number of people to enjoy.
Ngoc Anh - Tran Hai
