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Hello, my names Trnh Cung and I
wasborn in 1939 making me 72 years old. Im
from Nha Trang but Ive been living in Sign
for a long time now. Ive got 4 children- the
first three were with my first wife. She passed
away 11 years ago. Im remarried now and
have a 4 year-old with my new wife- shes a
poet. 2 of my kids, my oldest son and one of
my daughters, are in California working as
musicians for Thy Nga Paris by Night [a live
music variety show popular in the Vietnamese
American community]. My other daughter
lives here in Sign with her husband and two
kids. Ive been an artist for at least 40 years
now and work with oil paints.
After graduating high school I begged my
parents to let me go to Hu. Hus a
wonderland its a poetic land with the
Hng River, beautiful landscapesit was the
old capital of Vit Nam, ya know? Theres
been so many inspirational artists and poets
from Hu including Hn Mc T and Xun
Diu. I loved poetry and Hu is a land of
Xin cho cc bn, ti tn l Trnh Cung, v ti
l mt ha s. Ti sinh ra Nha Trang nm
1932 v ln ln , nhng ti chuyn vo
Si Gn v sng y t rt lu ri. Ti hai
ln kt hn, ngi v u c vi ti ba con
trc khi ra i 11 nm trc; sau ti tc
huyn v c thm mt thin thn bn tui vi
ngi v hin nay ca ti, mt nh th. Con
trai ln v mt con gi ca ti hin sng California v l nhc s cho chng trnh Paris
by Night ca trung tm Thy Nga [mt chng
trnh ca nhc tp k rt ni ting trong cng
ng ngi Vit M]; ngi con gi cn li
ca ti hin sng Si Gn cng chng v hai
con nh. V phn ti, ti l mt ha s trn
bn chc nm nay v hin ti ti ch chuyn
ch vimng tranh sn du.
khi qut mt cht v cuc i ti, c l
nn bt u t vic ti gn nh phi qu
xung cu xin ba m cho php ti ra Hu
ngay sau khi tt nghip ph thng. Hu l mt
mnh t tht tuyt diurt nn th, tr tnh
vi dng Hng v nhiudanh thng
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poetry and for me a land of dreams. I wanted to
go to Hu to try and get into the Fine Arts
College of Hu. In high school, I hated math
and sciences but loved poetry, literature, and
art. I was horrible at math and sciences. I feel
that art is like poetry it gives me freedom of
feeling, love, and the movement of everything.
I followed my hearts calling. Anyway, there
was an evaluation test to get into the school.
There were a hundred applicants and outta that
hundred they were only picking 15. They put a
statue in front of us and we had to draw it. I
looked around at everyones drawings they
were really good... I asked some people how
they were able to draw so well and they told
me they had been practicing and getting private
lessons. Compared to everyone elses mine
looked like shit. I thought theres no way in
hell Im gonna get into this school. I packed
up my stuff and was ready to go home.
Someone told me that I had got in and I
didnt believe em! They told me to go look for
myself. I went to the sheet of paper posted up
khcmnh t c bn hiu ti phi
khng? l mnh t mang li rt nhiu
cm hng cho cc nh th, cc ngh s nh
Hn Mc T vXun Diu. Ti yu th, v
khng u khc chnh Hu l mnh t th ti
lun m ti, v ti quyt nh rng mnh mun
ti Hu theo hc trng M thut Hu.
ph thng, ti rt cm th ton v cc mn t
nhin khc, trong khi dnh trn tnh yu cho
th vn, hi ha, nhng th cho ti s t do
trong tm hn, trong cm xc v cm nhn s
lay ng ca vn vt. Ti quyt nh i theo
ting gi ca tri tim, nhng vo c
trngNgh thut Hu, tivn cntri qua
mt k thi, ni m ti phi cnh tranh vi hng
trm th sinh c mt trong tp 15 ngi
c chn. thi ca chng ti ch n gin l
v, mt bc tng c t trc mt v
chng ti c yu cu v theo. Ti nhn xung
quanh, quan st tc phm ca mi ngi v h
v tht tuyt Ti hi mt vi ngi, v h
ni h luyn tp rt nhiu cc bi tp v
cng cc thy gio, v l l do bc tranh ti
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and there was my name! I couldnt believe it. I
was so excited. I really grew and progressed as
an artist during my four years in college. I was
the top of my class. After graduating, I found
immediate success- instant fame. Out of the 15
students who got in only one or two of us
became professional and famous artists. Know
why? Because we had creativity. The first
step in learning to paint is to copy and the
second step is creating what you feel. An art
teacher can easily teach his student to paint a
portrait of a person. Its easy to just copy what
you see but what a teacher cant teach you is
how to paint well with soul and feeling onto
the canvas. A good artist should be able to
breathe life into the painting- it should be able
to portray happiness, sadness, and have its own
memories.
In school I was inspired by many
modern artists such as Picasso, Chagall, Van
Gogh, Gaugin, Matisse, Kandinsky, Klee,
Rocko, Pollack, and Modigliani. Though I was
in art school, they didnt teach us any modern
v trng tht t hi khi ng cnh nhng sn
phm ca h. Khi ti ngh Chc khng c
mt c hi no cho mnh, ti ng gi hnh l
v chun b sn sng tr v.
Ri sau mt ngi bn bo vi ti rng ti
v khi ti nht quyt khng tin cho
n khi tn mt thy tn mnh trong danh sch!
Tht khng th tng tng c! Bn nm
y khin ti tr thnh mt ha s thc th.
Khi lc no ti cng nm trong tp nhng
sinh vin xut sc; rinhanh chng tr nn
thnh cng v ni ting ngay sau khi tt
nghip. Trong s 15 sinh vin trng tuyn nm
y, ch mt hai ngi cui cng tr thnh
ha s chuyn nghip v ni ting.L do ?
Vn nm s sng to. Bc u tin trong
vic hc hi ha ch l s bt chc, nhng ri
sau l s sng to t cm xc. Mt ging
vin hi ha c th d dng dy hc tr ca
mnh v chn dung ngi khc bi ch n
gin l chp li nhng g mnh thynhng
ci m gio vin khng th truyn th l lm
sao v bng tm hn v cm xc ca mnh.
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art. In fact, they hatedmodern art. We were
only classically trained [classically trained
artists are usually trained in the style of the old
masters which include artists such as Leonardo
daVinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Francisco
Goya, and Jacques-Louis David]. I had to learn
about modern artists and techniques on my
own outside of school. We were forbidden to
paint anything but classical realism. There
were some students who tried to paint in a
modern style but they got kicked out! I didnt
want to get kicked out so I painted classically
at school but modernly at home. Alotta
Vietnamese people saw anything modern as
new and as a sign of change. We felt that
Vietnam was a slow developing and resistant
to change. We wantedchange though. Modern
art was new and exciting for us artists.
Although I love modern art I do appreciate the
old masters too. I got a chance to travel to
Spain and France back in I think 1994. Seeing
the paintings in real life is so much different
than seeing them in a book.
Mt ngi ha s gii s phi bit lm sao thi
cho tc phm ca mnh nhng hi th ca cuc
sng; mi bc tranh phi l mt tm gng ca
nhng nim vui, ni bun v s hu k c ca
ring n.
Khi cn i hc, ti b nh hng rt nhiu
bi cc danh ha hin i, c th k ra Picasso,
Chagall, Van Gogh, Gaugin, Matisse,
Kandinsky, Klee, Rocko, Pollack, v
Modigliani. D l trng M thut nhng
chng ti khng c tip xc nhiu vi hi
ha hin i. Trn thc t, h ght hi ha hin
i. Tt c nhng g chng ti c dy ch l
trng phi c in[trng phi hi ha c
in l trng phi c xy dng trn phong
cch ca cc bc thy hi ha nh Leonardo
daVinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Francisco
Goya, v Jacques-Louis David]. Ti phi t
hcthm v cc tc gi v cc k thut hin i
bn ngoi. Chng ti b cm v bt c th g
khng lin quan n hin thc c in, cng c
mt vi ngi c theo ui hi ha hin i,
nhng tt c h u b ui hc. Bi khng
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I always knew I wanted to be an artist
and that it was my true passion. Being an artist
isnt easy though. The life of an artist is often
short and difficult like Van Gogh. He had a
hard and lonely life. He couldnt sell any
paintings during his lifetime and had no
mun ri vo cnh , trng ti ch v theo
trng phi c in v dnh li nhng g tn
tin hn nh.Nhiu ngi Vit Nam quan
nim tt c nhng th hin i u l nhng
biu hin chos thay i v tin b, nhng
chng ti khi cm nhn c rng Vit
Nam thc s l mt t nc chm pht trin
v ngi thay i. V chng ti mun thay i.
Hi ha hin i chnh l s thay i mi mv th v m gii ha s chng ti mun thy,
d rng ti cng rt yu hin thc c in v
knh trng cc bc tin bi theo phong cch .
Ti c c hi sang Ty Ban Nha v Php
vo khong nm 1994; tn mt chim ngng
nhng tuyt tc trong gii hi ha, v qu thc
tri nghim khc rt xa so vi ch ngm
nhn chng qua sch v.
Trc y ti lun bit rng mnh thc s
mun tr thnh mt ha s, v chnh xc l
mt nim am m chy bng.Nhng l mt
ha s qu thc khng hon ton d chu. Cuc
i ca mt ha s thng ngn v y chng
gainh Van Gogh, vt v v c n. Lc
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money. People didnt respect or appreciate his
work until afterhis death. But! He was
remembered forever. His paintings
immortalized him and he was able to live on
through them and many other generations
know of him.
Ive done well for myself as an artist.
My paintings sell- theyre not too expensive
but theyre not really cheap either. The price
really depends on its size. A medium-sized
canvas can range from $3,000-5,000 USD
while a large canvas can cost around $10,000
USD. Its not all about the size though. The
price also depends on how much I like my
painting too. Its harder for me to let go of a
painting if I really like it. In a year I probably
paint about 10 paintings- multiply that for over
40 years makes 400 or so paintings over my
lifetime. I love all of my work. I trash all of the
ones I hate. My first painting that got famous
sinh thi, chng ai thm oi hoi n tranh
ca ng, v ng khng kim c mt xu no
t tranhca mnh. Ngi ta cha bao ginhn
ra ti nng ca ng cho ti khi tn sau khi ci
cht mang ng i.Nhng, ngs c ghi nh
vnh vin. Nhng tc phm i ca ng
khin ng tr nn bt t, ng sng vnh vin
trong tm tng ca nhn loi ca hng trm
ngn th h tip theo.
Trong vai tr l mt ha s, ti ngh mnh
lm tt.Tranh ca ti, d khng qu t nhng
khng bao gi r tin. Mt bc tranh c va
ca ti thng c gi khong 3000-5000 la
M, trong khi mt bc c ln c gi khong
10000 , nhng kch c khng phi l tt c.
Gi tr ca mt bc tranh ng thi cn ph
thuc vo cm nhn ca ti v n, ti thng
rt kh bn i mt bc tranh m mnh thc s
yu thch. Mi nm ti v khong 10 bc, v
khi nhn con s vi khong 40 nm trong
ngh, cuc i ti c trn 400 tc phm. Ti
yu tranh ca mnh, v lun lun vt b nhng
g ti khng thch. Bc tranh u tin ca ti
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was called Ma Thu Tui Nh [Childrens
Autumn]. It was 1962 in Sign and an
exhibition was held. 21 artists were invited to
exhibit their best painting. The artists came
from all over the world: Germany, France,
England, Spain, France I was so proud to be
invited just barely after graduating from
college. I dont have that painting anymore. It
was sold to a woman living in Washington,
D.C.
My art has changed over time but more
dramatically over the last 20 or so years. Up
until 1996 I painted only figurative art. You
could always tell what my painting was about-
a woman, a place, an object, whatever. In 1996
I was invited to San Francisco State University
in the U.S. to be a guest lecturer. There in San
Francisco, I went to many museums in the area
as well as other museums in the U.S. such as
the Museum Of Modern Art in New York and
Museum Of Contemporary Art in LA. This
really inspired me and I began to experiment
more with my art. I began painting much more
c bit n rng ri c tn l Ma Thu Tui
Nh. l vo nm 1962, ti Si Gn, ti v
20 ha s khc n t khp ni trn th gii:
c, Php, Anh, Ty Ban Nha,c mi
tham d mt cuc trin lm v chng ti trng
by nhng tc phm xut sc nht ca mnh.
Tht vinh d cho ti, khi ti va tt nghip.
Bc tranh hin c bn cho mt ph n
sng ti th Washington D.C ca Hoa K.
Phong cch ngh thut ca ti lun thay i,
nhng 20 nm qua chngkin mt s lt xc.
Cho ti nm 1996, ti thng ch v nhng
bc hin thc, v khng cn bit nhiu v hi
ha hay c cm xc ca mt ngh s, bn vn
c thch ra ch ca bc tranh l mt ph
n, mt a im hay mt th g .Nhng ri
nm 1996, ti c mi thnh ging ti trng
i hc bang San Francisco, Hoa K, v ti c
c hin thm nhiu bo tng trong bang,
cng nh khp nc M nh bo tng ngh
thut hin i New York v Bo tng Ngh
thut ng i Los Angeles. iu thc
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abstractly.
The worst thing for an artist is khng
tm ra c cho mnh cch ring [not being
able to find your own way or style]. A
problem that artists face is the applause. Anh
ng tng ngi ta khen lc ngi v tay
[Dont think that people are praising you just
because theyre clapping for you]. Once you
fall into this, you begin to fear any sort of
criticism of backlash There are many
cases of artists falling into this trap. They sell a
painting and then they feel like they have to
continue painting the same thing. They fear
any change for fear that people wont like their
paintings if they switch it up. They become a
forgery of themselves. That there is the death
of an artist.
s c v ti th nghim nhiu hn trong tranh
ca mnh, v ti bt u v tru tng hn.
iu ti t nht ca mt ngh s, l khng
tm ra c cho mnh cch ring. S tung h
ca cng chng l mt vn , v anh ng
tng ngi ta khen lc ngi ta v tay. Khi
anh ri vo tnh cnh , anh bt u s mi s
ch bai, kchhay nhng bc li trong s
nghip.C rt nhiu v d v nhng ha s ri vo ci by , h bn mt bc tranh
p v ri h ngh rng tt hn ht mnh nn
tip tc v nh th. H s mi s thay i bi
h s ngi ta s khng cn yu thch tranh
ca h na. H tr thnh ci bng m, tr
thnh k sao chp chnh bn thn h. l khi
mt ngh s thc s cht, d anh ta c cn th
hay khng.
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