Le Trong Hoang in a creative space. Photo: Character provided

Le Trong Hoang in My Thuong ward ( Hue city) loved and had a talent for painting from an early age. Hoang studied and graduated with a major in Graphic Design, Faculty of Applied Fine Arts, Hue University of Arts in 2019. For over 6 years, he has been constantly pursuing his passion to unleash his creativity with the desire to spread the beauty of Hue.

Coming from the graphic design industry, besides practicing on computers, with a modern, minimalist and highly applicable style, Hoang creates paintings with materials such as oil paint, watercolor, acrylic, traditional lacquer.

Inspired by royal motifs, traditional materials and shapes combined with the thinking and perspective of the 9X generation, the young artist wishes to create works of art imbued with traditional spirit but new, closer to young people.

Recently, Hoang has collaborated with the fashion brand UNIQLO Vietnam in Hue to launch the UTme T-shirt collection - "The sophistication of Hue's traditional rice". Le Trong Hoang's collection is called Bao. Respecting the traditional objects and crafts in Hue, Hoang has included images of the left-leaning pillow, the long-throwing drum and Thanh Tien paper flowers in his work. Using digital painting techniques, Trong Hoang printed these images on white T-shirts of the UNIQLO brand.

With the Bao collection, each work is not just a painting of an object. Present at the opening of the first UNIQLO store in Hue, runner-up Ha Thu shared: “The first time I saw Hue cultural features printed on a shirt, I was truly moved. This unique combination contributes to spreading Hue cultural values.”

The Bao collection is the result of Trong Hoang's passionate creativity, expressing his desire for beauty: "I want to send a message through my works about cultural values, about the attitude of appreciating the artisans who have been preserving Hue's identity. This is a way for art to connect with the community, for the beauty of traditional culture to be present in life."

Hue's colors and soul are printed on the shirt like a picture combining the past and the present, so that the heritage is not only a memory, but also a continuation. It is meaningful that the revenue from the UTme collection is donated by UNIQLO AEON MALL Hue to the Hope Fund to equip medical equipment and machinery to serve the care and treatment of children at Hue Central Hospital.

With his talent and passion, Le Trong Hoang has affirmed himself on the chosen path with remarkable achievements: Third Prize in the Poster Design Contest to welcome Hue Festival; Top 50 best works at the Conffeti Creative Awards; Encouragement Prize at the Hue University of Arts Student Art Exhibition; Personal project "The insect world collection" was certified "Graphic design, illustration" by Behance, posted and introduced by Adobe (the world's number one software brand) on its official website...

Taking Hue as his "muse" in his endless source of inspiration, Le Trong Hoang will certainly continue to have works bearing his own mark on Hue in his endless creative journey.

Tran Van Toan

Source: https://huengaynay.vn/van-hoa-nghe-thuat/sang-tao-tu-chat-lieu-di-san-hue-159040.html