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Surreal Paintings by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Vietnam

Nguyen Dinh Dang was born in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 1958.  He began drawing at age five and became an outstanding student.  He hoped to become a professional painter but the Vietnam war and lack of painting materials restricted his work and made it difficult for Dang to pursue a living as a painter.  This did not dampen Dang's passion for painting but the war led him to pursue a career in science.

Dang graduated from the Moscow State University in 1982.  He received his Ph.D in nuclear theory in 1985, and his doctor of physics and mathematics sciences in 1990 at the same university.  He went to Japan in 1994 as a research fellow and joined RIKEN (the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) in 1995.  Currently, he's an Accelerator Research Scientist at RIKEN's Heavy-Ion Nuclear Physics Laboratory.

For the past two decades, Dang's painting has shifted from impressionism to surrealism, whose most eminent representative, Salvador Dali, remains one of Dang's favorites.  Once he gets an idea, he spends nights and weekends painting.  A self-taught painter, Dang believes it is not important to explain the literal context of any artwork.  "In the creative process of both art and science, the most important thing is intuition.  You feel something intuitively.  You cannot explain how it comes to you," he says.

 

Surreal painting entitled The Sound of Crystal Bells by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam

"The Sound of Crystal Bells" by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Image Copyright © by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Oil on canvas  50x60cm  1996

 

Surreal painting entitled The Invisible Elephant by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam

"The Invisible Elephant" by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Image Copyright © by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Oil on canvas   50x60cm  1997

 

Surreal painting entitled The Giant Shells from Amami Island by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam

"The Giant Shells from Amami Island" by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Image Copyright © by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Oil on canvas   60.5x72.5   2000

 

Surreal painting entitled Obsessional Hanoi by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam

"Obsessional Hanoi" by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Image Copyright © by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Oil on canvas   50x60cm   1997

 

Surreal painting entitled The Legend of Pearl by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam

"The Legend of Pearl" by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Image Copyright © by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Oil on canvas  60.5x72.5 cm 2000
The story behind this painting can be read here (courtesy of Dang)
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Published May 12, 2008

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