LandEscape Art Review // Special Issue | Page 115

Chung Nguyen Van
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
First , when did you first start painting and how did your interest in art develop over time ? And in particular , how does your cultural substratum inform the way you relate yourself to the aesthetic problem in general ?
I am very happy when LandEscape was interested in me and introduced me on its maganize . I was born in Vietnam , and graduated from a fine art school in Hanoi , in 1997 . Like other artists , who passion the career , I began drawing ( creating ) since graduation . I would like to emphasize ( artists , who passion the career ), because in Vietname , not all artists after graduating pursue the career . One part is for the life , one part is objective .
For me , paiting is a real passion , of which I have been aware since studying in the school , and I had a very high determination for the career . Despite of the past or the presence , I have been spenting most of my time learning about paiting . In 1990s , sources for information were limited ( Internet was still strange ) in Vietnam ; only when sitting in the library all day to read books , I could learn about painting and I mananged to do that . Initially , I did not understand the beauty of Western