Painter Dinh Khac Thinh is famous throughout the country for his interpretive artwork arrangements, and he is at it again, this time reviving childhood memories through his latest work.  

Thinh is now busy setting up his arrangement Mua luc lac (Ringing Season) along the south bank of Hue’s Huong (Perfume) River. Hue is also Thinh’s hometown. 

His 2,000 lotus-shaped lamps, each 30cm wide and 15cm high, were made of paper and traditional materials. In the wind, the lamps shake, making a delightful noise that, as Thinh said, “wakes up the memory of everyone’s childhood”. 

Thinh also said he is planning a landmark work – a commemoration site for over two million Vietnamese people who died of starvation in 1945 in northern Thai Binh province – by arranging the same number of bowls in a 2-hectare area where people could come and pay their respects. 

Earlier, at the three-day Hue Traditional Job Festival 2005, the talented painter had created an art installation on the pedestrianied Nguyen Dinh Chieu’s street, entitled Duoi Gian Thien Ly (Under the Frame of Fragrant Cynanthe). 

The artwork, that included 5,000 conical hats, 8,000 mirrors and a system of wind chimes, was named in the Vietbook (Vietnam Guinness Book of Records) in 2005. 

(Thanh Nien)